Comet 21/P

[Littleguy80]

Full details in the link. It’s around mag 11 passing the North American Nebula from 17-21st June

http://www.cometwatch.co.uk/comet-21p/

[John]

Long time since I've observed a decent comet

[JeremyS]

There's a nice image taken by Nick James, BAA Comet Section Director, a couple of nights ago using a Celestron 6 SCT. He reckons it could get to mag 6 in late summer.

[Littleguy80]

16 minutes ago, John said:

Long time since I've observed a decent comet

I’ve only ever seen Comet Johnson which must be about a year ago now. Fingers crossed for a good show from this one!

[Littleguy80]

SkySafari has it at Mag 7 on the 10th September. Sitting in Auriga. If it lives up to it’s promise then should make for some great viewing as it brightens over the summer. 

[Littleguy80]

Tried for this last night without luck. Based on SkySafari data, it should brighten by two magnitudes over the course of July so I’ll keep trying to see when it becomes visible 

[Davey-T]

5 minutes ago, Littleguy80 said:

Tried for this last night without luck. Based on SkySafari data, it should brighten by two magnitudes over the course of July so I’ll keep trying to see when it becomes visible 

Tried a few times recently, tried imaging it but no sign of it, plate solve said it should be in the middle of the image but it ain't there, maybe the mag' estimate is a tad optimistic.

Dave

[Littleguy80]

32 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Tried a few times recently, tried imaging it but no sign of it, plate solve said it should be in the middle of the image but it ain't there, maybe the mag' estimate is a tad optimistic.

Dave

Could be, Dave. If you’re not able to get it in an image then it’s not going to be visible visually  May end up having to wait for astronomical darkness to return in August. Should be a lot brighter then too

[JeremyS]

There's an image form the night before later here

[Littleguy80]

18 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

There's an image form the night before later here

That’s a stunning image! Thanks for sharing the link, Jeremy!

[JAO]

I have looked over several nights with my observatory telescope, but have been unsuccessful. It is still faint and the magnitude estimate is of course integrated rather than point source. Let's hope it brightens over the next months. Lovely image by Nick too, thanks for sharing @JeremyS

 

[Helen]

I've managed to get it tonight    

 

Edit: Looking at what uploading has done to the brightness and quality, it might benefit from a bit more processing!

H

[Littleguy80]

Got this last night from home. Quite small and fairly faint but very achievable. I got my crayons out and did a simple sketch. Drawing isn’t one of my strong points!

[Wyvern]

Managed a couple of shots over the past few days, Latest image grabbed with Moon still up and cloud front starting to interfere, not good!

Les

[Davey-T]

Still looking much the same as when I imaged a while ago.

Dave

[Davey-T]

21P/GZ is a lot brighter tonight than last time I imaged it, then  it hardly showed on the main image but tonight I can see it on the PHD screen enough to track on it.

Dave

[Littleguy80]

40 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

21P/GZ is a lot brighter tonight than last time I imaged it, then  it hardly showed on the main image but tonight I can see it on the PHD screen enough to track on it.

Dave

It’s brightened since last Thursday. Was an easy spot tonight. Easily held in direct vision. Hope it keeps brightening like this