[BAA Comets] C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

[David Swan]

Link to Alan's pic [marginally better than Nick's - sorry ;) ]

https://twitter.com/AlanHale20


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From: Nick James <ndj at nickdjames.com>
Sent: 05 August 2019 12:38
To: BAA Comets discussion list; David Swan
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

While waiting for it to become available from my observatory I have
scheduled some runs using iTelescope T20 in New Mexico. This is a
reasonably fast, short focus, system (10.6 cm, f/5) which should pick up
any extended coma. Unfortunately this morning's image, taken under
reasonably good conditions, has the comet right in front of an 11th mag
star so the it is unusable for measurement but it does show the short
(~1.3 arcmin) long tail to the SE. No sign of any extended coma.

Nick.



On 05/08/2019 20:22, David Swan wrote:
> Alan Hale has posted a nice picture on his Twitter feed and Earthrise page. It still seems to be quite dim - total mag ~14 - so I'm not surprised to hear it is out of range for even the most skilled for visual observers. I think Maik Meyer has had no joy too, Mike. May be able to capture some images tomorrow morning if the sky stays clear. David Swan