Re: [BAA Comets] Possible 12P outburst on or before Nov 14.75
Nick James 15 Nov 2023 18:39 UTC
Paul,
Thanks for the visual report.
Here's an image of the comet taken a few minutes ago. There is no sign
of any dark lane in the coma this time. The coma seems perfectly circular.
I'm just about to head outside to have a look visually in a 6-inch
telescope.
Nick.
On 15/11/2023 18:09, Paul Abel wrote:
> Well this is quite remarkable! I started a search for the comet at 1730UT not expecting to see it as it wasn’t properly dark yet but there it was- quite unmistakable at a power of x38 in my 305mm Newtonian! At low power visually it looks like a globular cluster.