| Comet | 252P/LINEAR
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| User | Aquarellia |
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| User`s name | Deconinck Michel |
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| Observation's time (UT) | 2016-03-25 04:30 |
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| Tool | Vixen BT126-SS-A |
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| Observation's place | Notre Dame la Brune |
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| Magnitude | 5: |
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| Comparison stars source | AE - Planetary magnitudes from the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac |
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| Method | I - Variable stars (without defocusing) |
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| Coma diameter(') | &60 |
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| Tail's length | Not set |
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| Condensation | d1 |
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| Positional angle of tail | Not set |
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| Bortl's scale | 3 |
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| Aperture | 12.6 cm |
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| Focal length (mm) | Not set |
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| Type of tool | B - Binoculars |
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| Magnification | 40 |
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| Field of view (°) | 1.5 |
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| SQM-L in zenith | |
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| Light pollution zone | Gray |
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| Lm | 4.5 |
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| Comment | The sky was "so so" near the horizon but I think I saw the comet. My lattitude is 43°N. That was not possible with a standard 7x50 bino because of this very brillant moon. But two times (2 or 3 seconds maximum) during my 30 minutes session with my Vixen 25x126 bino I was able to detect a diffuse cloud of +/- 60' on the same place, so maybe that was our comet ??? If yes, the magnitude was around 5 (difficult to be sure).
Impossible to sketch anything with this white sky. Maybe tomorrow ?
Michel |
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| Morris Format | 2016 Mar 25.19 UT: m1=5:, Dia.=&60', DC=1 ...12.6-cm B (40x) ...Deconinck Michel (Notre Dame la Brune, France) |
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