A quick Comet Catalina

[lukebl]

Hi all,

Popped out and saw Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina this morning. It's around mag. 6 and rather indistinct in my binoculars, although my hasty stacked images show it's developed a nice tail.

It's out of view of my obs, so I couldn't do any long exposures, but here'e the result of some quick 12 second unguided images with the standard camera lens. Obviously, the bright 'star' is Venus. Mars is top right.

[laudropb]

Nice capture. Hope to see it soon if the clouds ever clear.

[Pete Presland]

I did the same myself this morning as well. It was a very easy spot in the 15x70's it seems to have brightened quite a bit from last week, but I guess the fact it is higher in the sky helps as well.

[goodricke1]

That's quite a nice tail actually - don't know if I'll ever get to see it judging by the forecast.