Thanks to everyone for sending in images and reports from the UK. I am on
La Palma for a few days and have not seen the comet yet. It was raining on
the top of the mountain this evening and the forecast for the next few
days looks dodgy.

Nick.

> Well done Shaun,
> Observing this comet wasn't easy tonight. I'm amazed how good a picture an
> iphone takes. I might have ditch all my gear and just get my phone out my
> pocket!
>
> Peter
>
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 20:36 Shaun Taylor, <me@shauntaylor.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Not as experienced as others here.  But here is my simple report for the
>> simplelists:
>>
>> I was observing from Syon Park, Isleworth, West London which has the
>> best
>> westerly horizon near to me.
>>
>> I visually observed the comet from 19:06 until 19:21 BST, this evening,
>> 12
>> October 2024.  At which point it disappeared into the tree line; about 5
>> degrees above the true horizon.
>>
>> A tail could be seen using 10x50 binoculars.
>>
>> I managed to take images with my Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. The best of
>> which is attached (unprocessed 19:20 BST).
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Shaun Taylor
>>
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>> > On 12 Oct 2024, at 20:16, buczynski8166 at btinternet.com <
>> baa-comet@simplelists.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Well done Jon, it is only fitting that the most experienced visual
>> comet observer in UK should be amongst the first  in the UK to see this
>> comet.Let us hope that his words come true and that it will get better
>> as
>> it moves into a darer sky.
>> > Denis Buczynski
>> > BAA Comet Section Secretary.
>> >
>> >
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>> >       From: baa-comet@simplelists.com
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>> >       Sent: Saturday, October 12th 2024, 19:53
>> >       Subject: [BAA Comets] 2023 A3
>> >
>> >
>> >   On October 12.75 I was lucky with a cloud break in Cambridge and
>> estimated the magnitude at approximately 0.3 (corrected for extinction)
>> in
>> 8x40B, with a short tail in the expected  pa for the ion tail. I didn't
>> see
>> anything in the direction of the dust tail. It certainly doesn’t rate
>> a
>> spectacular billing yet, but should do better as it moves into a darker
>> sky. I failed to see it the day before, when there was less cloud.
>> >
>> >  Regards,
>> >
>> >  Jonathan Shanklin
>> >  Cambridge
>> >  BAA Comet Section visual observations co-ordinator
>> >  https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/
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