Observation by Michael Jager: Last night, we observed 161P/Hartley-IRA...

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Observer

Michael Jager

Observed

2026 Jul 08 - 00:00

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2026 Jul 26 - 22:40

Objects

161P Hartley-IRAS

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Target name

161P Hartley-IRAS

Title

Last night, we observed 161P/Hartley-IRAS. It is located 3' north of the ephemeris. 161P is 18mag bright and showed a condensed coma of 15". 2026-07-08.14 UT 12x120sec !2"/3.6 ASA Astrograph Asi 6200 Gerald Rhemann, Michael Jäger, Farm Tivoli Namibia

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