2p 20230925 dbartlett

  At the time Comet 2P/ Encke was travelling as a foreground object nearing M36 it was a faint 12th magnitude comet.   In this 92 x60 seconds of stacked subframes brought out some of the richness of the Auriga starfield.  I'm looking forward to this comet brightening considerably as it approaches October's perihelion.
 
ASTROBIN: https://astrob.in/2fxord/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 92 x60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA
 
 
Image Details (all)
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1543.252474 1022.887240] px -> [RA:  5 33 36.030  Dec: +33 52 09.26]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -2.651 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-08-25 10:34:20 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-08-25 10:35:20 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W  37 46 30 N  2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.92 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 49' 29.0" x 1d 12' 33.8"
Image center ............. RA:  5 33 36.041  Dec: +33 52 09.37  ex: +0.061188 px  ey: +0.102689 px
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  5 37 52.888  Dec: +34 30 35.30  ex: -0.133276 px  ey: +0.004909 px
   top-right ............. RA:  5 29 03.059  Dec: +34 25 29.14  ex: +0.151547 px  ey: -0.363625 px
   bottom-left ........... RA:  5 38 05.251  Dec: +33 18 12.04  ex: -0.199506 px  ey: +0.014484 px
   bottom-right .......... RA:  5 29 22.980  Dec: +33 13 11.30  ex: +0.076694 px  ey: +0.223843 px
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