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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Looks just like Andrew’s drawing <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span> He will be pleased.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Owen</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:petercarson100@gmail.com">Peter Carson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>30 November 2018 10:32<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:comets-disc@lists.britastro.org">BAA Comets discussion list</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [BAA Comets] 46P now 6th magnitude</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I couldn't find 46P using 7x50 binos from home, although I didn't really expect to down in the bright light polluted sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I managed an image using my 315mm reflector see <a href="http://www.astromania.co.uk/46P_20181129_2125_PCarson.jpg">http://www.astromania.co.uk/46P_20181129_2125_PCarson.jpg</a> The sky transparency kept changing as did the amount of cloud so I stacked the best run of 60 sec exposures. Shortly after I finished my exposure run and before I closed the observatory it started raining...nearly a bit of a disaster! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Comphot gives Total integrated magnitude: 7.89 (radius 203.0 arcsec) which is a lot different from other measures. I assume I'm not seeing a whole coma because of the low altitude and bright sky so won’t be reporting that anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If it clears tonight I'll try using my 100mm short focus refractor with its wider field of view to give a more condensed image.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>All the best<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>-----Original Message----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: Nick James <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:01 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>To: BAA Comets discussion list ; David Swan <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] 46P now 6th magnitude <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>David/Owen,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I know that Andrew Robertson (Norfolk/Suffolk border) also got a visual <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>view last night through his Mewlon. Unfortunately the rain didn't clear <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>here until after midnight but there is a chance tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Nick.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On 29/11/2018 23:40, David Swan wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> Congrats Owen -<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> I went out with my 10 x 50 binos and couldn't spot it. I star hopped: Deneb Kaitos -> Tau Ceti -> Ups and 57 Ceti (pretty in binos) -> host star field. I confirmed that I was looking in the right place by comparing the 5 deg bino star field with the output of my planetarium app.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> Using 1s exposures to prevent saturation by light pollution, I was able to pick it up with my Hyperstar though. A contrast with those Siding Spring images that I have been taking remotely!! See my member's page if interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>> David Swan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Comets-disc mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Comets-disc@lists.britastro.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>http://lists.britastro.org/mailman/listinfo/comets-disc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>