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Observer

dbartlett

Observed

2023 Feb 08 - 00:00

Uploaded

2023 Feb 14 - 07:21

Objects

C/2023 E3

Planetarium overlay

Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 05^h07^m
Dec: +32°45'
Position angle: +1°07'

Field size

7°41' × 5°07'

Full filename

2023e3/2023e3_20230208_dbartlett.jpg

Target name

C/2023 E3

Title

Had just a little under two hours of imaging time prior to moonrise. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on 2023-02-08. The field of View is about 7 2/3 degrees by 5 degrees. Observational details: Backyard setup scope: Rokinon 135mm; F/3.0 camera: asi 294mcP exposure: 53 x120 sec Seeing: 3/5 Transparency: 8/10 Observer: DEBartlett Location: June Lake, California, USA Image details: Projection ............... Gnomonic Projection origin ........ [1879.918072 1250.962171] px -> [RA: 5 07 18.860 Dec: +32 45 49.98] Resolution ............... 7.380 arcsec/px Rotation ................. 1.116 deg Reference system ......... ICRS Observation start time ... 2023-02-09 04:14:22 UTC Observation end time ..... 2023-02-09 04:16:22 UTC Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m Focal distance ........... 129.40 mm Pixel size ............... 4.63 um Field of view ............ 7d 42' 30.5" x 5d 7' 45.9" Image center ............. RA: 5 07 18.670 Dec: +32 45 48.78 ex: +0.001159 px ey: -0.000870 px Image bounds: top-left .............. RA: 5 26 21.970 Dec: +35 09 26.81 ex: -0.003849 px ey: -0.001139 px top-right ............. RA: 4 48 43.194 Dec: +35 18 41.37 ex: +0.000015 px ey: -0.000434 px bottom-left ........... RA: 5 24 50.768 Dec: +30 03 14.14 ex: -0.000434 px ey: +0.000345 px bottom-right .......... RA: 4 49 17.778 Dec: +30 11 59.74 ex: +0.000055 px ey: +0.000312 px _._,_._,_