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BAA Comet Section

Observer

dbartlett

Observed

2024 Jun 08 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 Jun 13 - 05:27

Objects

C/2023 A3

Planetarium overlay

Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 11^h48^m
Dec: +02°53'
Position angle: -4°05'

Field size

1°43' × 1°08'

Full filename

2023a3/2023a3_20240608_dbartlett.jpg

Target name

C/2023 A3

Title

Using an automatically calculated magnitude of 20.49 to calculate the imagesolver in PixInsight, this image really does go "deep" into the starfield. I'm hesitant to say that comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is registering a blueish coma as opposed to the typical greenish coma noted on so many other visitors. The image was indeed color calibrated using the SPCC with a white reference to a type G2V star. Perhaps to early to tell, however as I stated, this image does go "deep" into the faintness of the starfield. Time will tell. Full Resolution Image: https://astrob.in/dksfx6/B/ Backyard setup scope: C14 HyperStar fl728mm D356mm exposure: 32 x 120 sec Seeing: 3/5 Transparency 8/10 Observer: DEBartlett Place: June Lake_California USA Image Info (Processed ): Projection ............... Gnomonic Projection origin ........ [1465.015857 964.998687] px -> [RA: 11 48 22.630 Dec: +2 53 51.04] Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px Rotation ................. -4.093 deg Reference system ......... ICRS Observation start time ... 2024-06-08 05:03:11 UTC Observation end time ..... 2024-06-08 06:14:07 UTC Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m Focal distance ........... 728.99 mm Pixel size ............... 7.52 um Field of view ............ 1d 43' 54.3" x 1d 8' 26.6" Image center ............. RA: 11 48 22.630 Dec: +2 53 51.05 ex: -0.015754 px ey: -0.014244 px Image bounds: top-left .............. RA: 11 51 40.069 Dec: +3 31 34.86 ex: -1.137819 px ey: -1.142997 px top-right ............. RA: 11 44 45.524 Dec: +3 24 09.30 ex: +0.017316 px ey: -1.138782 px bottom-left ........... RA: 11 51 59.307 Dec: +2 23 27.62 ex: -1.155466 px ey: -0.029408 px bottom-right .......... RA: 11 45 05.228 Dec: +2 16 02.72 ex: +0.120606 px ey: +0.064060 px _._,_._,_