2021o3 20220524 215822 dbartlett

Observation details:

RASA 11 620mm fl
asi2600mcP
60sx135 stacked in PixInsight
JuneLake California, USA
DEBartlett

Image Details:

WCS transformation ....... Linear

Projection ............... Gnomonic

Projection origin ........ [1389.478009 2184.035331] px -> [RA:  7 26 23.585  Dec: +80 25 14.68]

Resolution ............... 1.568 arcsec/px

Rotation ................. -6.128 deg

Reference system ......... ICRS

Observation start time ... 2022-05-25 04:58:22 UTC

Focal distance ........... 591.89 mm

Pixel size ............... 4.50 um

Field of view ............ 1d 12' 38.0" x 1d 54' 9.9"

Image center ............. RA:  7 26 23.569  Dec: +80 25 14.74

Image bounds:

   top-left .............. RA:  7 39 48.233  Dec: +81 24 59.94

   top-right ............. RA:  7 07 49.468  Dec: +81 16 24.47

   bottom-left ........... RA:  7 41 52.237  Dec: +79 30 59.40

   bottom-right .......... RA:  7 15 30.913  Dec: +79 23 55.43
As each mono image  popped-up on the computer screen (Sequence Generator Pro), the two bright galaxies NGC 2336 (Upper) and IC 467 (lower) were highly structured and easily visible.  I could barely see a hint of C/2021 O3 as I scoured several of preliminarily stretched frames.  Very ghost like.  Once debayered the contrasted green hue of the comet was easily visible.  I could not detect a nucleus nor hint of a central concentration in any of the individual 60s frames.

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