[BAA Comets] 2013 US10

[ndj]

Peter,

That's a really nice image given the conditions. I'm away this weeekend 
but I'm hopeful I should be able to get something of the tails when I 
can stack the frames I took this morning. I should be able to do that 
late Sunday.

It was really difficult to see in the bins but the sky was very bright. 
One of those occasions when the Moon was not particularly popular!

Andrew - I think you may have missed your opportunity for a while. The 
morning forecast for the east doesn't look good for the next few days. 
It's definitely worth going after though.

Nick.


> 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
>