New comet C/2020 U3 (RANKIN)
A new object, listed to be confirmed on the PCCP as comet, was observed by me with my 0.4-m f/3.8 newton telescope on 22 oct. 2020. I was able to confirm and report the comet … Read more
Posts in Category ‘comets’
spectroscopic and comet observations on 22 oct.
during this short clear sky (after rain) i started with some observations of comets: C/2018 N2 (ASASSN), C/2019 K7 (SMITH), also 2 object mentioned on the PCCP. Both objects could be detected. one ot them … Read more
Comet and spectroscopic observations on 21 sept.
comets that i could observe during this evening with clear sky are: 8P, 11P, 215P, 257P, A/2019 U5, C/2017 K2, C/2018 U1, C/2019 K7, C/2019 L3, C/2019 O3, C/2019 U6, C/2020 N1. High resolution spectra … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 20 sept.
again a clear night but lower transparancy (more lightpollution effects). i did some comet observations: 8P, 11P, 29P, 58P, 215P, 257P, A/2019 U5, C/2017 B3, C/2017 K2, C/2018 U1, C/2019 K7, C/2019 L3, C/2019 O3, … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 18 sept.
comet which are observed during this evening with clear night but moderate transparancy are: 8P, 11P, 29P, 257P, A/2019 U5, C/2017 B3, C/2017 K2, C/2018 U1, C/2019 K7, C/2019 L3, C/2019 Q1, C/2019 T3, C/2019 … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 16 sept.
It turns out to be a good night for sightings, although there are sometimes veiled clouds. I started observing comets but after 5 comets I had to interrupt the observations because of clouds and gusts … Read more
new comet C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) on 16 sept.
an object mentioned on the PCCP was observed with the 0.7-m f/8 Ritchey Chrétien of the TelescopeLive network in Almeria, Spain (MPC Z08) while this object was still mentioned on the PCCP. We could confirm … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 14 sept.
Observation conditions are not so good, there are regularly high clouds, just after midnight I had to interrupt the observations because of too much cloud cover. According to the comets, I have been able to … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 13 sept.
During this clear night with very good transparancy and weather is observed several comets: 11P, 29P, 215P, 257P, C/2016 Q2, C/2017 B3, C/2017 K2, C/2017 Y2, C/2018 N2, C/2018 U1, C/2019 K7, C/2019 O3, C/2019 … Read more
comet and spectroscopic observations on 6 sept.
several faint comets are observed with the 0.4-m f/3.8 corrected newton (AG16 ORION OPTICS): 257P, C/2017 K2, A/2019 U5, C/2017 Y2, C/2018 N2, C/2019 T2, C/2019 U6, C/2019 LD2. With the C11 + LHiResIII spectrograph … Read more