Pitstop for C/2017-T2 Panstarrs at Stock-2 (Okke_Dillen)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: Double cluster · NGC 869 · NGC 884 · The star 7Per · The star 8Per

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Pitstop for C/2017-T2 Panstarrs at Stock-2, an open starcluster. At this point 2017-T2 is "performing a hard turnaround" (due to paralaxe) around the open starcluster Stock-2 which is in near neighborhood of h&chi-Persei and IC1805&1848 forming a triangle with them. Now it has set course for "Heart & Soul" again, this time from the "Heart" side. In this snapshot h&chi are obvious to find but, Stock-2 is the loose, open cluster to the upper right in the frame. Unfortunately the most curious object in the sky was also hanging around - as usual when skies are clear in this area - and had to look what I was trying there in the meadows...... :roll eyes smiley:

C/2017-T2 Panstarrs shows a brightness of mag+9.1 at this point. It just passes the slowest section of its course across the sky and will be "accelerating" again from now on. Brightness will also further increase until the month of May. Calculations predict a max brightness of mag+8 for May.

This guy is my "hero of the year" as it will accompany us the entire year 2020 (almost) :-)

Clear skies!

Okke

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