[BAA Comets] 2013 US10

[Peter Carson]

Nice one Nick,
I decided to find a darkish spot near the SE Essex marshes and image comet 2013US10 Catalina.( see link below)  My 200mm telephoto lens and a stack of 16 x 10 second exposures recorded the dust and gas tails. The image at 05.52hrs UT was squeezed in at the start of astronomical twilight but before the sky brightened too much. The comet was only 5 degrees above the horizon at the time of the image. 
I couldn't see the comet in my 7x50's...but my hands were so cold I couldn't hold them properly!
When the comet moves further away from the Sun it should be a good one.

http://www.astromania.co.uk/2013US10_20151128_0552_PCarson.jpg

Peter

-----Original Message----- 
From: Andrew Robertson 
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 7:31 AM 
To: 'BAA Comets discussion list' 
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] 2013 US10 

Very encouraging Nick, well done. It was clear here in Norfolk too and I have everything ready for where to look but didn't even contemplate it this morning with that almost full moon up.

Now I know it's doable it'll probably be cloudy the next few mornings :-)

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Comets-disc [mailto:comets-disc-bounces at britastro.org] On Behalf Of Nick James
Sent: 28 November 2015 06:44
To: Comets-disc at britastro.org
Subject: [BAA Comets] 2013 US10

It was clear this morning so I went out east of Chelmsford to have a go for 2013US10. The sky was very bright due to the Moon and dawn was coming but it was visible (just) in 10x50 bins. One of my photos is here:

http://www.nickdjames.com/2013US10/2013us10_20151128_0550_ndj.jpg

This is one of a sequence of short exposures. The comet should be more prominent once I've had a chance to stack the images.

Has anyone else in the UK seen it yet?

Nick.
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