Comet 230P/LINEAR November 22, 2015

Comet 230P/LINEAR on the morning of November 22, 2015 showed a short stubby tail . In my past observations, coma has been nearly circular with no tail.

 

Time Stamp: 2015 11 22, 9:40:44 UT

Motion: 0.58"/min in PA 354.0°

Stack of 6 x 231 second exposures.

Magnitude 14.9 R

Coma 22" x 17" PA 295 deg

Tail 0.7 arc minutes PA 290

C. Bell MPC code H47

0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + R filter

 

t - T = +4.33804 days

Delta = 0.561 AU

r = 1.486 AU

Elongation = 145.9 degrees

Phase = 21.9 degrees

 

 

Done