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Observer

dbartlett

Observed

2024 May 30 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 Jun 09 - 06:29

Objects

C/2021 S3

Planetarium overlay

Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h33^m
Dec: +55°50'
Position angle: -4°17'

Field size

1°45' × 1°09'

Full filename

2021s3/2021s3_20240530_dbartlett.jpg

Target name

C/2021 S3

Title

12th Magnitude Comet C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS Amongst the Stars of Cygnus Milky Way 2024-05-30, 31 and June 1 May 30, 2024: First night of capture taking 24 x 180 seconds of images. C_2021_S3_PanSTARRS_C14Hyperstar_asi2600mcP_24x180sec_2024_05_30_014000PDT_JuneLake_California_USA_DEBartlett Backyard setup scope: C14 HyperStar fl728mm D356mm exposure: 24 x 180 sec Seeing: 3/5 Transparency 8/10 Observer: DEBartlett Place: June Lake_California USA Image Info (Processed ): Projection ............... Gnomonic Projection origin ........ [1490.005853 979.047113] px -> [RA: 20 33 08.660 Dec: +55 50 11.40] Resolution ............... 2.127 arcsec/px Rotation ................. -4.290 deg Reference system ......... ICRS Observation start time ... 2024-05-30 08:40:00 UTC Observation end time ..... 2024-05-30 08:43:00 UTC Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m Focal distance ........... 729.35 mm Pixel size ............... 7.52 um Field of view ............ 1d 45' 37.6" x 1d 9' 24.1" Image center ............. RA: 20 33 08.661 Dec: +55 50 11.40 ex: +0.012608 px ey: -0.007743 px Image bounds: top-left .............. RA: 20 39 10.477 Dec: +56 28 05.73 ex: -1.141182 px ey: -1.317912 px top-right ............. RA: 20 26 30.276 Dec: +56 20 05.52 ex: +0.125909 px ey: -1.106048 px bottom-left ........... RA: 20 39 36.366 Dec: +55 18 57.91 ex: -1.107819 px ey: +0.405137 px bottom-right .......... RA: 20 27 18.142 Dec: +55 11 10.20 ex: +0.088304 px ey: +0.449064 px