Fascinating! I’ve just been out there to observe it but I couldn’t see it with the 12” Newtonian.  It is getting low now and we have a lot of haze here at those altitudes.  All the same, I’m surprised I couldn’t pick it up.

Cheers,
-Paul
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Dr. Paul G. Abel,
School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester UK, LE1 7RH.

> On 30 Nov 2023, at 18:54, Nick James <ndj@nickdjames.com> wrote:
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> Correction. The mag is 10.2 not 9.2!
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> Nick.
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>> On 30/11/2023 18:50, Nick James wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> The comet is still brightening in a 9 arcsec radius aperture and is currently passing through mag 9.2. The attached plot shows photometry of the near nuclues region for the last 20 days.
>> If anyone has any images of this comet taken in the last 12 hours or so please let me know.
>> Nick.
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