RE: Comet 141P Machholz usual brightness? Peter Carson (08 Mar 2021 17:31 UTC)
Re: [BAA Comets] RE: Comet 141P Machholz usual brightness? Nick James (08 Mar 2021 21:12 UTC)
Re: [BAA Comets] RE: Comet 141P Machholz usual brightness? Charles S Morris (09 Mar 2021 02:01 UTC)

Re: [BAA Comets] RE: Comet 141P Machholz usual brightness? Nick James 08 Mar 2021 21:12 UTC

Peter,

I imaged it on the night of March 5:

https://britastro.org/cometobs/141p/141p_20210305_2053_ndj.html

Astrometrica gave a G mag of 17.2 in a 6 pixel radius (7.7 arcsec radius).

Comphot gave 15.8 in a 22.6 arcsec radius.

So not much different to your measurements a couple of days later.

Nick.

On 08/03/2021 17:31, Peter Carson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I imaged 141P last night and found it at a similar brightness to my
> observation on 12th Feb. The central condensation looks well defined with
> no sign of a fragmentation following its recent outburst.
>
> The central condensation is mag 18.2 measured in an unfiltered 5.5” rad
> aperture. It’s visual equivalent magnitude is mag 15.71 in a 28.2” rad
> aperture measured with Comphot.
>
> Last night’s image is here
> http://www.astromania.co.uk/141P_20210307_2035_PCarson.jpg
>
> My image taken 12th Feb
> http://www.astromania.co.uk/141P_20210212_2014_PCarson.jpg
>
> So everything seems to have returned to normal with this comet.
>
>
> All the best
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Peter Carson MPC Z10
>
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