[BAA Comets] 2014 Q2 was Re: P/2014 X1 (Elenin)

[Tony Angel]

Hi,

Sorry. I did not realise that attachments  did not get posted :(

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_angel_uk/16048753671/

Tony.
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From: "Tony Angel" <tony_angel_uk at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:35 PM
To: "BAA Comets discussion list" <comets-disc at britastro.org>
Subject: [BAA Comets] 2014 Q2 was Re:  P/2014 X1 (Elenin)

> Thank you Nick. It was good to see you and others again. Being able to 
> meet up with yourselves is one of the few things I miss with being in 
> Spain.
> After the really bad weather over here I am now having a spend a few days 
> getting the observatory up and running again. Clamshells are not the best 
> design to keep out driving rain in gale force conditions.  I did a few 
> tentative observations to check on the amount of work doing, though I have 
> decided against a certain method of cleaning the corrector plate LOL.
>
> I took a quick and dirty image of 2014 Q2 in the early hours. (attached). 
> Not good enough to publish or analyse properly as it showed up a few 
> problems for me to iron out. 4" F4 Pentax/ ST7.
>
> Tony
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> From: "Nick James" <ndj at nickdjames.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 9:00 AM
> To: "BAA Comets discussion list" <comets-disc at britastro.org>
> Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] P/2014 X1 (Elenin)
>
>> Morning Tony,
>>
>> Good to see you at the BAA Christmas Meeting on Saturday.
>>
>>> Another dramatic unfolding of a new comet over the past 36 hours.
>>>
>>> According to Leonid  it is 17m (by UCAC4) and 18m (by USNO B1.0)
>>> It is Leonid's third comet.
>>> http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K14/K14X66.html
>>
>> I managed to book a 10 min slot on iTelescope T21 this morning and got 
>> two 120s frames which I've stacked:
>>
>> http://www.nickdjames.com/Comets/2014/2014x1_20141215_0655_ndj.jpg
>>
>> After a rainy night it cleared briefly in Chelmsford at around 0640 and I 
>> managed to get six 60s frames with my C11 with Auriga low in the NW. 
>> These also show the comet just a few minutes before the NM images:
>>
>> http://www.nickdjames.com/Comets/2014/2014x1_20141215_0650_ndj.jpg
>>
>> Astrometrica gives a magnitude of around 17.3 using UCAC-4.
>>
>> Congratulations to Leonid. Great to see that amateurs can still beat the 
>> surveys!
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>>
>>
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