Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar

Location:  Prince of Wales, NB, Canada

Date Time:  June 11, 2021 0115-0300hrs

Weather:  No wind, hazy to partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, 6C, humidity 59%.

Attendance:  David McCashion

Equipment:  Canadian telescopes 80 ED/APO with a Canon Rebel xsi attached at prime focus.  Images processed with PhotoShop.

Objective:  To image comets C/2020 T2 Palomar(Mag10.5) in Bootes, Comet C/2020 R4 Atlas(Mag 11.5) in Leo and Comet 7P Pons-Winnecke(Mag10.6) in Aquarius, below Jupiter.  Comet magnitudes are from online reports.

Report:     

There was an annular solar eclipse early in the morning the day before, on June 10, 2021 around 0530 to 0700. 

Hazy conditions improved for about 30 minutes from about 0120hrs to about 0150hrs after which clouds slowly started to cover the whole sky. 

Imaged T2 Palomar, which was to the lower right of the main Bootes kite-like asterism.  Bootes was high in the western sky during observing.  Also imaged M3, which was nearby, with same camera and telescope configuration for a side by side comparison.

One minute exposure, ISO 6400.  Image cropped and enhanced.

Side by side comparison of images.  Same settings for both images.

Clouds moved in shortly after 2am.  Stayed for another hour to see if sky would clear an it didn't.

Seen several satellites, all moving north or south, and no shooting stars.