[BAA Comets] C/2013 US10 (Catalina) this morning

[Peter Carson]

Good morning Nick,
We both had the same thoughts this morning......my post crossed with yours. 
Great image , especially with a telephoto lens. I was able to get at 
2013US10 from home with my 315mm reflector although the comet is so large it 
doesn't fit on my camera chip.
I should have used my wider field 100mm refractor but I was in a bit of a 
rush and grabbed what I could.
Peter

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nick James
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 7:53 AM
To: Comets-disc at britastro.org
Subject: [BAA Comets] C/2013 US10 (Catalina) this morning

Morning all,

As forecast the sky cleared around 2am after rain and the transparency
was very good this morning at 5. The Moon is getting closer to the comet
but it is now only a thick crescent so is becoming less of a problem.
Since the comet is still too low for my main telescope I drove to a dark
site east of Chelmsford and set up there.

At around 5:30 I had set up my imaging equipment (Canon EOS550D + 200mm,
f/2.8L lens on a Vixen Sphinx mount) and so started searching with 10x50
bins. The comet was definitely easier to see in the bins than my last
chance a week ago but the conditions were a lot better.

This image is a stack of 22 x 30s exposures from 05:41 - 05:54 not
tracked on the comet. The dust trail and gas tail show up nicely.

http://www.nickdjames.com/2013US10/2013us10_20151204_0554_ndj.jpg

Nick.
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