[BAA Comets] 46P now 6th magnitude

[Peter Carson]

Hi Everyone,
I couldn't find 46P using 7x50 binos from home, although I didn't really expect to down in the bright light polluted sky.
I managed an image using my 315mm reflector see http://www.astromania.co.uk/46P_20181129_2125_PCarson.jpg  The sky transparency kept changing as did the amount of cloud so I stacked the best run of 60 sec exposures. Shortly after I finished my exposure run and before I closed the observatory it started raining...nearly a bit of a disaster! 
Comphot gives Total integrated magnitude: 7.89 (radius 203.0 arcsec) which is a lot different from other measures. I assume I'm not seeing a whole coma because of the low altitude and bright sky so won’t be reporting that anywhere.
If it clears tonight I'll try using my 100mm short focus refractor with its wider field of view to give a more condensed image.

All the best
Peter

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nick James 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:01 AM 
To: BAA Comets discussion list ; David Swan 
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] 46P now 6th magnitude 

David/Owen,

I know that Andrew Robertson (Norfolk/Suffolk border) also got a visual 
view last night through his Mewlon. Unfortunately the rain didn't clear 
here until after midnight but there is a chance tonight.

Nick.

On 29/11/2018 23:40, David Swan wrote:
> Congrats Owen -
> 
> I went out with my 10 x 50 binos and couldn't spot it. I star hopped: Deneb Kaitos -> Tau Ceti -> Ups and 57 Ceti (pretty in binos) -> host star field. I confirmed that I was looking in the right place by comparing the 5 deg bino star field with the output of my planetarium app.
> 
> Using 1s exposures to prevent saturation by light pollution, I was able to pick it up with my Hyperstar though. A contrast with those Siding Spring images that I have been taking remotely!! See my member's page if interested.
> 
> David Swan

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