This comet is in Gemini at the moment: 9th magnitude but quite diffuse.
I first managed to detect it in the middle of last month, using my windowsill observatory: It didn't rise above the trees until around 1am, so I had to stop up quite late to get this, and then needed my Invisible Comet-Stacker program to process the images.
Then a couple of weeks ago I got some data back from the OU's COAST telescope on Tenerife:
And last night I had another go from my windowsill: At least it's clear of the trees by 11pm now, but I still couldn't see the comet on my individual images, so it still counts as an "invisible" comet for now.
Hopefully next month I'll be able to catch it much better using my C8 down in the garden...
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma
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Re: Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma
Last night I managed to get an image of this comet from my garden.
I had to wait until after 11pm for it to clear the trees, and then the bright moonlight reduced the contrast, so I didn't get much of its coma.
I had to wait until after 11pm for it to clear the trees, and then the bright moonlight reduced the contrast, so I didn't get much of its coma.