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General Info
as of 04/19/2024 8:24 p.m.
| Type | Comet |
| Constellation | None |
| Magnitude | 29.43 |
| Peak Magnitude | 6.17 (July 6, 2014) |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Right ascension | 18:04:11.10 (Hours) |
| Declination | -10:02:28.8 (Deg) |
| Distance from Earth | 24.51613AU |
| Closest Approach | Aug. 28, 2014 (0.564AU) |
| Distance from Sun | 25.00868AU |
| Elongation | -118:20:33.9 |
Another great comet of 2014 | |
☉ Solar Masses ⊕ Earth Masses j Jupiter Masses
Austin (5562)
Mead LX200 (Cabrillo Observatory)
1 points
This comet was shot at the Cabrillo College university as part of the Observational Astronomy course.
This was the first Comet I had ever observed, much less attempted to photograph. By September Jacques had already faded to Magnitude 11 but we decided to give it a shot anyway. After a bunch of processing the coma just shows up and the tail is visible if you use your imagination.
The poor quality of the shot didn't phase me, if anything it got me even more excited to attempt more astrophotography.
TractionMan (1725)
Opticron Imagic TGA WP 10x50
1 points
Old observation Spotted this comet during a short "between-the-clouds-session" with my binos (actually, with my old and now retired Celestron UpClose 10x50). Bagged the fuzzy little thing and decided that I'd get a scope out later. However, that never happened. Oh well more comets to come, I'm sure.
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