View Single Post
  #1  
Old 17-09-2014, 02:12 AM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
Comet C/2013 UC10 (Catalina) and Asteroid (101496) 1998 XM3 ... I think

This comet will be one to watch next year as predictions are for it to reach mag 5 - naked eye maybe. At present it's about mag 14. Also in the field, a mag 14 galaxy NGC 7573 and Asteroid (101496) 1998 XM3 (hope I got it right this time). The asteroid is mag 15.3 according to MPC checker. Even though it's faint, the comet is conveniently placed in the eastern sky at sunset, so those with big scopes may want to try for it.

ED100 F7.2 25 x 3 minutes, Pentax K-5.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (0916_2013_US10_A.jpg)
176.6 KB25 views
Click for full-size image (0916_2013_US10_B.jpg)
192.7 KB21 views
Reply With Quote