Dr. John Barentine FRAS on Nostr: #Comet C/2023 A3 was an easy target tonight with a tail that was evident to the ...
#Comet C/2023 A3 was an easy target tonight with a tail that was evident to the unaided eye (even with haze and skyglow) low on the horizon to a length of 3-4°. Nucleus was probably 2nd mag without extinction.
The image is a quick median stack of 7×3.2 s frames in twilight tonight. Based on the angular dimensions of the frame, its tail was around 4 degrees in length.
#Astronomy #comet2023a3
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