2020v2 20221218 dbartlett

Comet C/2020 V2 (ZTF) has picked up its pace by over 1000"/day compared to last month.  I've reduced the exposure time to 30 seconds so as to prevent any central trailing at my image scale.  I've included an annotated version for anyone (Frank?) interested in the galaxies within the field. 

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 243 x30 sec
Seeing: 5/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image details (all)
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [987.499747 1302.499339] px -> [RA:  8 39 17.517  Dec: +85 05 46.04]
Resolution ............... 2.510 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 1.374 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-12-19 04:51:48 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2022-12-19 04:52:18 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W  37 46 30 N  2357 m
Focal distance ........... 618.05 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 22' 36.7" x 1d 48' 57.8"
Image center ............. RA:  8 39 17.516  Dec: +85 05 46.04
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  9 19 27.391  Dec: +85 55 30.38
   top-right ............. RA:  8 01 13.972  Dec: +85 57 53.05
   bottom-left ........... RA:  9 05 26.098  Dec: +84 08 03.55

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