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[Special Ed]

That's great, PJ!  The ion tail is easily seen in the inverted image on my monitor.  And your caveat about images is quite right.  That's why I've always felt that imaging and visual obs complement each other.

 

Thanks.   

[Special Ed]

I caught Johnson this morning in the brief half hour period between moonset and the comet disappearing behind the ridge to my west.  A dim fuzz patch with the 12x36 binoculars and much easier to see through the 9x50 finderscope on the C14.

 

m1= 8.0  DC= 3  Dia= 10-15'

 

With the C14 @ 122x the comet had a large coma with a moderately bright core and a stubby tail to the NW..  No time to make a sketch.

[MarioJumanji]

I took the opportunity to look at the comet before the moon rose tonight. It seemed to me to be quite a bit fainter than the last time I was able to view it. I had a harder time spotting it than before, but it's still there.

[MrMartin]

I recently started the Comet Observing Program for the Astronomical League and had Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson be my first log entry. It was more difficult to spot than on a previous viewing I did in mid May. Here is the sketch I took of it from my location which has slightly moderate light pollution on June 11.

Edited by MrMartin, 15 June 2017 - 11:00 AM.

[Aquarellia]

Well done Martin

Here my contribution, that was june 14, the magnitude must be lower than last week, maybe 8.5 now,

Michel

[andrew hampton]

I had a look at the comet on the 14th June and again tonight 17th 12.30 am local time UK, and  was surprised how diffuse it has become. Around mid May is was nicely visible in 10x50s perhaps around 7.5 magnitude.

 

At 38x in the 4" telescope I had a look at the two globulars in Ophiuchus M10 and M12 for comparison, which were much brighter. I also feel it's dipped over 8th magnitude now.

 

andrew

[Special Ed]

Nice sketches and reports here.     Been cloudy with rain all week with more forecast--don't know when I'll get a chance to have a look.   

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson from June 15 2017. - Thomas / New Mexico

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[SabiaJD]

Well done Martin

Here my contribution, that was june 14, the magnitude must be lower than last week, maybe 8.5 now,

C2015V2-20170614_l.jpg

Michel

My own estimate on the June 15, 2017 UT evening, showed the comet magnitude at  8.3 in my TV101 f/5.4 at 36X from my home location.

 A few days earlier June 13, 2016 UT  I viewed C/2015 V2 at 164X with a C-11 f/10 at a darker site. Within the outer coma was a noticeable fainter condensation. 

 

John

[Aquarellia]

Nice sketches and reports here.     Been cloudy with rain all week with more forecast--don't know when I'll get a chance to have a look. 

Well, don't be sad,... we really need another brillant comet now!

Michel

Edited by Aquarellia, 17 June 2017 - 11:25 AM.

[Galaxy_Mike]

Interesting last night,  I was picking up the tail/gas in the 20x 80's,  and it looked large. I probably wasn't completely dark adapted while using the telescope, but I mostly got the coma in 4.5", saw little if any of the tail.

 

I thought I was picking up almost a degree of comet and tail at times in 20x 80's? 

[Aquarellia]

Another interesting behavior of this observation, I just end a session for star occultation by asteroid. Then I was looking at our comet : very very close (<3') to NGC 5566, I was just able to separate the comet and the galaxy with my 152/1250mm refractor 125x. I think that our astro-photographers friends must do some lovely pictures.  I did a sketch.

Michel

[Aquarellia]

Another interesting behavior of this observation, I just end a session for star occultation by asteroid. Then I was looking at our comet : very very close (<3') to NGC 5566, I was just able to separate the comet and the galaxy with my 152/1250mm refractor 125x. I think that our astro-photographers friends must do some lovely pictures.  I did a sketch.

Michel

Here sketch and full story : https://www.cloudyni...-comet-johnson/

Michel

[vakulenko_sergiy]

C/2015 V2 Johnson from june 15

ED80, Atik383, 10x120sec

[Thomas Ashcraft]

June 29 2017 0444UT 30 second single exposure ISO 25600 Telescope C14.   - Thomas / New Mexico

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[Anduin]

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