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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

2024 August 25/26 UT

Equipment:

50mm f/5 Refractor and IMX462

Description:

13P/Olbers on the evening of 2024 August 26 UT was magnitude G=8.1 as calculated from 18x10s images taken thru a green filter in an aperture diameter of 7'. The mosaic is two 18x10s images from August 25/26. The mosaic shows the comet 50' from the Black Eye Galaxy M64 on August 25 and 34' from the galaxy on August 26. The images were limited to 18x10s so that the stars and galaxy did not show as trails, this limit was the result of the equipment used, the resultant field of view, equipment errors and the comet moving at 2.4' per hour. Simply stated, the mosaic shows the comet, galaxy and stars with as little image manipulation as possible, which means the comet and galaxy are not beautiful, but maybe show a little reality. The green hue is light pollution.