Managed to capture more than 88 x 120secs of excellent seeing and fair transparency last night (Aug 10-11) on Comet C/2020 PV6 PanSTARRS. Here are the positional aspects of the attached images: WCS transformation ....... Linear Projection ............... Gnomonic Projection origin ........ [714.958398 533.006736] px -> [RA: 17 36 25.909 Dec: +31 09 08.46] Resolution ............... 1.255 arcsec/px Rotation ................. -1.580 deg Reference system ......... ICRS Observation start time ... 2021-08-11 07:16:49 UTC Observation end time ..... 2021-08-11 07:18:49 UTC Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 48 W 37 46 52 N 2361 m Focal distance ........... 617.96 mm Pixel size ............... 3.76 um Field of view ............ 29' 54.7" x 22' 17.8" Image center ............. RA: 17 36 25.905 Dec: +31 09 08.46 Image bounds: top-left .............. RA: 17 37 34.489 Dec: +31 20 40.83 top-right ............. RA: 17 35 14.446 Dec: +31 19 50.88 bottom-left ........... RA: 17 37 37.096 Dec: +30 58 23.60 bottom-right .......... RA: 17 35 17.600 Dec: +30 57 33.84 |
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