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Latest Observations
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Comet C/2021 C4 (ATLAS) was about magnitude 18 and 341 million miles from Earth in this image taken above the light pollution and haze of Tucson as it was located low above the southern horizon. The comet has a faint tail to the SSE of the coma. The comet was at perihelion in its orbit this past January and will stay around magnitude 18 for the next few months before slowly fading as it moves away from Earth.
11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera
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Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence now has a very faint slim 0.012 degree long tail pointing WNW of the coma which isn't bad for such a faint comet. In these images the comet is only magnitude 19.3 and is 288 million miles from Earth. 152P will reach perihelion in its 9.48 year orbit in January 2022 but it won't brighten to magnitude 16 until the summer of 2022.
Naked eye
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Orion 10XTi
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Orion 10XTi
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Orion 10XTi
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Appeared as a faint, gray area. Power was out around me making it possible to find.
Orion 10XTi
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Orion 10XTi
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Using Sony a500 SLR from my back garden
Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars
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My first time seeing the milky way. Amazing!
Latest Comet
C/2024 N4 (Sarneczky)
- Magnitude:
- 18.84, Peak: 18.17
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Closest Approach
- Jan. 11, 2025
Brightest Comets
A/2018 V3 ( K1924 359.9): -314.66A/2018 V3 ( K18C7 359.8): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K193B 359.9): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K1939 359.9): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K1913 359.8): -314.66
Brightest Supernova
2016gxp
- Last Observed Magnitude:
- 16.5 (Oct. 10, 2016 )
- Galaxy:
- NGC51
- Type:
- Ia
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