OBSERVING REPORT FOR JANUARY 14, 2014

Location:  Driveway behind house, Little Lepreau, NB, Canada

Date Time:  January 14, 2018 2100-2230hrs

Weather:  Partly cloudy to mostly clear, bitterly cold, some breezyness to no wind, -12C with reported windchill of -20C.

Equipment:  Canadian Telescopes 80 ED/APO on Vixen mount, Canon Rebel Xsi attached to telescope at prime focus.

Attendance:  Myself.

Objective:  To image Comet C/2016 R2 Panstarrs which was reported to be NW of Taurus on this evening.

Report:

• Took many images of sky to the NW of Taurus.  After reviewing over-exposed images of this area, may have found the comet...but its very faint.  It does look blue to me though.
• Imaged Betelgeus.
• Imaged M45.
• Imaged M1.
• One shooting star was seen, possibly an Ursid.  No satellites were seen.

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