I had to get the "shot". Imagine taking close to four hours (231 x 60secs) of exposures during a mostly cloudy night and managing to keep 53 minutes of sub-par exposures? Here is the result of 12.1 magnitude c/2022 U2 (ATLAS) as it passed through the Flame Nebula, from last night, 2023-02-11. Full resolution of both images ccan be found here? Dan Observational details: Backyard setup scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2 camera: asi 2600mcP exposure: 53 x60 sec Seeing: 2/5 Transparency: 2/10 Observer: DEBartlett Location: June Lake, California, USA Image Details: WCS transformation ....... Linear Projection ............... Gnomonic Projection origin ........ [1467.507317 999.978795] px -> [RA: 5 16 21.534 Dec: +34 15 41.03] Resolution ............... 2.504 arcsec/px Rotation ................. -0.522 deg Reference system ......... ICRS Observation start time ... 2023-02-12 04:49:53 UTC Observation end time ..... 2023-02-12 04:50:53 UTC Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m Focal distance ........... 619.39 mm Pixel size ............... 7.52 um Field of view ............ 2d 2' 30.0" x 1d 23' 28.5" Image center ............. RA: 5 16 21.535 Dec: +34 15 40.98 Image bounds: top-left .............. RA: 5 21 18.559 Dec: +34 57 35.73 top-right ............. RA: 5 11 20.840 Dec: +34 56 28.35 bottom-left ........... RA: 5 21 17.365 Dec: +33 34 08.45 bottom-right .......... RA: 5 11 29.447 Dec: +33 33 02.18 |
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