Sorry my colleague has pointed out it is a 180mm Mak not a 170

Owen

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From: Owen Brazell - o.brazell at btinternet.com
Sent: 20 May 2020 10:00
To: baa-comet@simplelists.com
Subject: RE: [BAA Comets] C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Interesting. I struggled to see it this morning with my 170 Mak-Cass although we did have low cloud over that area. It was visible as a vaguely elliptical fuzz but possibly only AV1. My colleague was imaging it so will see what he gets.

Owen

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From: Nick James
Sent: 20 May 2020 08:49
To: baa-comet@simplelists.com
Subject: [BAA Comets] C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Morning,

Don't forget that C/2020 F8 (SWAN) is now available in a reasonably dark

sky from UK latitudes. It is not as bright as we had hoped (probably

currently around 6-7) but it does show a short tail. I, just, managed to

see it with 8x40 bins this morning but it was hard to do from here with

some cloud near the horizon.

At the moment, from the UK, you'll need to get up early (around 01:30

UT) to see it and will need a good NE horizon. It gets harder to see the

further north you are. The comet goes under the pole at local midnight

on May 26 and is then best in the evening sky.

Here's my image through the low horizon murk this morning. Nothing

spectacular but worth a go just to say you have seen or imaged it.

https://britastro.org/sites/default/files/styles/xl/public/member_images/2020f8_20200520_0154_ndjs.jpg

Nick.

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