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Old 07-12-2018, 06:35 AM
N1 (Mirko)
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Observed 46P last night from Beverly Begg Obs in Dunedin City. Not a naked eye object from there but the view was surprisingly good in 15x70 binoculars, 5" refractor and 13" reflector, each showing different aspects of it, and each equally good. No tail discernible, but a reasonably well defined core in the 5" and 13". Context view provided by the binoculars really showed (in a way the other scopes could not) how big this object is. Powers used were 15x - 50x approx, AFOV around the 50° mark, so at the higher powers the comet filled the field of view.
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