Comet 2020T2 Palomer on May 3, 2021


Date & Time: May 3 2021, from 20:46 to 21:14 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


In that day the 11th magnitude coma of comet 2020T2 Palomer could be obseved at 12 degrees southeast of αCVn, Cor Caloli around the zenith of evening skies. Presently the coma is brighter about one magnitude than prediction; the comet has been expected to be observed with 10th or 11th magnitude until this summer.
  View angle: 0.70×0.70°


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