Seiichi Yoshida's Diary of Comet Observations (2025)
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Updated on January 17, 2025 |
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2025 Jan. 16 (1 comet) |
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I observed C/2024 G3 ( ATLAS ) visually on Jan. 16 in Katahama coast, Numazu City, Shizuoka, Japan.
Finally I could see Comet C/2024 G3 ( ATLAS )! It looks cool, bright sharp comet in the evening dusk sky. I succeeded to take the photo with my smart phone.
There are large clouds in the west. I could see the comet only during three minutes, from 17:33 when the comet appeared from the cloud, to 17:36 when the comet set in the horizon. It was very lucky there was narrow clear sky between clouds and horizon.
C/2024 G3 ( ATLAS )
about -1.5 mag DC 8 Tail 0.3 deg (p.a. 75 deg) (10x66 monocular)
I estimated the brightness using Altair and gamma Aql. The comet was -1.5 mag, the second brightest comet in my life next to C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ). However, in my impression, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last year was much greater.
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