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Here my image of the new comet C/2014 J1 (CATALINA)

 

It looks more a starlike object on this image. I could see some more cometary features on the first images, when the moon was lower to the horizon. Moonlight was very disturbing (44°) from object. Also a slightly hint of a tail, but too uncertain to report. The tail that I could see was heading north - east with p.a. of  46 °. But like I said, only visible on the 6 first images. Not easy to catch with a speed of 6.25 arc.sec/min. and magnitude 19.

 

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