Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni
Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022
Powered byPixInsight

Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. : 28.Juni 2022

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni
Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022
Powered byPixInsight

Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. : 28.Juni 2022

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Here my first image of this famous Comet "C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS" ,  originally  announced as the largest ever detected.

But according to Hubble Telescope measurements , the diameter of the core is now estimated to 18 Km size.

I had only about one  hour of acquisition time before weather situation changed .
I omitted the first half hour subs, because background brightness was still too high
It never gets really dark here at mid summer.

But the comet will be as closest in Mid July, so there are hopefully  better times coming.

Current magnitude around 9.0 , but even in July ( Mag 8.0) will not be visible without Binoculars/ small Telescopes

Comments

Revisions

  • Final
    Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni
    Original
  • Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni
    C
  • Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni
    D

C

Title: Startrails / crop

Uploaded: ...

D

Title: short exposure : the last 4 images, only 4x60 s

Description: compromize star-trails, comet core

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Comet C/2017 K2 Pan-STARRS. :    28.Juni 2022, Wanni

In these collections

Solar Sytem : Comets