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Old June 24th 08, 06:15 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Rick Johnson[_2_]
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Default ASTRO: C/2008 J1 (Boattini) on June, 22



Gordan wrote:

C/2008 J1 (Boattini) on June, 22, 23:44 UT.
Stack of 20 x 60 seconds exposures.
Newtonian 200 mm F/5, QHY2Pro CCD camera, 2x2 binning.
Field of view is 30 x 23 arc minutes. North is up, east left.
Coordinates of the center of the field: RA 21h 54m, Dec 55d 14m.
Comet was 13.2 mag.
Greetings,
Gordan

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I see it now has a short tail. Unfortunately it will stay very low and
in my trees. I lost a lot of them recently but none that block my view
from the observatory or this comet. You'll have to keep us posted on
what it is doing.

Rick

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