Comet 252P Linear, brightening rapidly!!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Magnificent!

252P LINEAR for 11 March 2016.

Measured off image I get a coma diameter of 23 arc minutes, what a dynamic comet!

It has brightened from around mag 10 on the 7th of March to Mag 7 on the 11th.
Here's two images from the 10 and11th, you can see the increase in the come diameter.

Cheers,

Justin.

[algwat (Alan)]

Yay, comet images after such a along time...
Now if only the clouds would move from Melbourne...

look good, no ION tail as yet ?

kind regards, Alan.

[doppler (Rick)]

Looks interesting, it's close to earth and close to perihelion and brighter than predicted.

[Tony_ (Tony)]

Great image Justin - especially considering that it is moving at 10 degrees / day!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by algwat

Yay, comet images after such a along time...
Now if only the clouds would move from Melbourne...

look good, no ION tail as yet ?

kind regards, Alan.

Thanks Alan!
No reports of any Ion tail.

Originally Posted by doppler

Looks interesting, it's close to earth and close to perihelion and brighter than predicted.

Yes, may get to mag 5 if it keeps brightening at this rate.

Originally Posted by Tony_

Great image Justin - especially considering that it is moving at 10 degrees / day!

Thanks Tony!

Fast mover alright, only be 5.4 millon kms from earth on the 22nd of march.

Cheers,

Justin.