Errrr C/2013 UQ 4 Catalina ??

[mjpfc]

Has anyone seen this Comet yet?

I was out on the night of 15th/16th, which admittedly was a little plagued with thin cloud and I spotted a tiny

fuzz "Nearabouts" (new word)  where Skyhound said it was going to be.

Trouble is they also predicted mag 9.5 and (could have been the sky of course) but this thing was tiny,

and more like 12.8!

I had a couple of false starts with some close double stars looking fuzzy in the non-great sky, but

one fuzz persisted near to a tiny double, just above  a brighter star. 

The fuzz was next to the upper star of the double which appeared to be on its edge.

The only little DSOs I could have seen where a little to the SE being 6127 ( 12.0 likely if Iwas off but

in an indefferent sky?) 6130 (13.5 and just out of my league with a super sky) or 6088a at 12.8 if I was really out.

I feel a little like Monsieur Messier at the Mome,

Sky was even more in the way of pants last night here so I have not looked to see if my fuzz has moved yet.

Just wanted to find out if anyone else had seen the thing and what it is looking like. I see some predictions show

a weird swift drop to 9.5 then back up to 11 by the months end.....

Someone please put me out of my misery

Mick

[Davey-T]

Had a quick look for it last night between clouds using co-ords from Stellarium but didn't find it. mag 11 something according to Stellarium,

Dave

[cotterless45]

Same here, very much right overhead in Draco,

Nick.

[andrew63]

I don't have enough aperture and being hardly dark not tried.  Looking about it appears to be around mag 11 to 12 and fading, also moving fast.  That could well match your description Mick - good spot.

Jacques is moving into Auriga on 20 july so should be getting better placed and a bright binocular object hopefully.

andrew

[mjpfc]

Thanks chaps,

             

               by the time I god back from work late last night it was clouding over for a Midnight Fury of a Thunderstorm with

downdrafts that damaged trees and scragged gardens so a follow-up has had to be posponed...

Mick

[PorkyB]

I saw and photographed this one at the beginning of July.  It was very small and faint, quite difficult to spot in the eyepiece.  It was moving very quickly though, and easy to see it moving betweens subs taken a minute apart.

[mjpfc]

Good grief B,

              I should think that to be moving so fast it must have been reasonably near, so therefore to seem so

tiny and faint it must be ,,,,,,,,,tiny and faint?  Hardly big enough to put as carrot in for a nose.

Mick

[PorkyB]

It's a shame this one wasn't around for long and a lot of people missed it.  Makes me feel better about going out on a work night to see it.

C/2013 UQ4 Catalina & Alpheratz by porkyb, on Flickr

[mjpfc]

Nice image mate,

                In the photo it looks similar to the visual aspect that Enke2 usually presents.

                Visually on the night of course it looked like some sort of tiny cornea problem.

Make one feel better for catching the blighter though

Mick