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Old 27-08-2014, 01:13 PM
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Observed this comet last Friday night from a rural site with good to very good seeing and transperancy. Quite obvious in the 18" SDM used but little tail present. Use of a Swan Filter brought out more detail and made the comet stand out from the background sky. I've only seen a couple of comets visually so I'm no expect, but I would have guessed the target was a small planetary nebula if I didn't know it was a comet

Observed the comet again last night from my suburban back yard. Seeing was really good but transparency was poor with lots of moisture in the air and light polution abound. Anyway, Argo Navis put the comet in the FOV of the 13mm Nagler used in 18" at 182x magnification. Use of a Swan Filter made the comet more noticeable, but less detail seen than the Friday evening observation.

A quick goto 47Tuc and WOW

Paul
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