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Filipp Romanov
Remotely at iTelescope.Net T21 (New Mexico Skies at Mayhill, New Mexico, USA)
Remotely at iTelescope.Net T21 (New Mexico Skies at Mayhill, New Mexico, USA)
08/08/2022
03:44 am
03:44 am
Outburst of comet 285P/LINEAR
CBET No. 5155 http://cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005100/CBET005155.txt announces the outburst (from 20.6 to 16 mag) of comet 285P/LINEAR. I observed 285P at iTelescope.Net T21 (0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) on 2022/08/08. I am attaching the stacked image: 5x300 sec. + 6x180 sec. I measured the brightness: 15.2 mag.
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