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Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR)

Started by Dave Mitsky, 04/21/2004 03:24PM
Posted 04/21/2004 03:24PM Opening Post
Last Friday (2004/4/16) and Monday (2004/4/19) mornings Tony Donnangelo and I observed C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) from two different dark sites in central Pennsylvania using his 14.5" Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob and a 17mm Nagler type 4 ocular.

The comet was located in Vulpecula and was rather dim at 11th magnitude. Its coma was very small, on the order of an arc minute or less.

An ephemeris is available at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2003K4.html

Dave Mitsky

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