C/2020 F8 SWAN after Probable Fragmentation
Taken by Hisayoshi Kato on May 23, 2020 @
Shirabu Pass in Fukushima
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Date Taken: 2020:05:26 00:16:54
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Details:
I could enjoy imaging of the comet after driving more than 300km north for clear sky in Saturday night.
The comet looked smaller and fainter than before. Ion tail was not detectable. Wide dust tail was toward north northwest. Bluish green coma was smaller than before, and the position was shifted toward west. Whitish coma was very weak and greenish. There looks to be another smaller whitish coma apart toward west on the frame with 7 times 120 seconds at ISO 6400. It must be the main coma, which was generating bluish green ion coma. There must have been fragmentation before the date. North is up, and east is to the left.
Photographer's website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/49933915708
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