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Observation by John Drummond: I imaged Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos last ...

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Observer

John Drummond

Observed

2026 Mar 23 - 00:00

Uploaded

2026 Mar 31 - 19:46

Objects

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04h13m
Dec: +06°47'
Position angle: -0°07'

Field size

0°17' × 0°17'

Full filename

2024e1/2024e1_20260323_jdrummond.jpg

Target name

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

Title

I imaged Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos last night (2026 Mar 23.3 UT) with a 35 cm @ f6.2 SCT and ZWO 6200M CMOS. 20 x 90 sec, 2x2, Clear. First night with an Optec 0.62x reducer, so much tweaking to do, hence the ugly image (cropped). The head certainly appears nebulous, with a gradual brightening towards the centre (about 50" in diameter, perhaps with a rough E-W elongation). The broad tail seems to be about 5' long in my attached image in a PA of ~155*. FoV = ~15' x 15', North is up, East is left.

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I imaged Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos last night (2026 Mar 23.3 UT) with a 35 cm @ f6.2 SCT and ZWO 6200M CMOS. 20 x 90 sec, 2x2, Clear. First night with an Optec 0.62x reducer, so much tweaking to do, hence the ugly image (cropped). The head certainly appears nebulous, with a gradual brightening towards the centre (about 50" in diameter, perhaps with a rough E-W elongation). The broad tail seems to be about 5' long in my attached image in a PA of ~155*. FoV = ~15' x 15', North is up, East is left.
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