Observation by Nick James: C/2023 A3 in moonlight

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Oct 16 - 20:51

Uploaded

2024 Oct 16 - 23:16

Objects

C/2023 A3

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Constellation

Serpens Caput

Field centre

RA: 16^h05^m
Dec: +02°49'
Position angle: +59°31'

Field size

13° × 21°

Equipment

Sony A7s iii + 100mm, f/2 Canon lens

Exposure

20x4s

Location

2100m altitude on La Palma

Target name

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Title

C/2023 A3 in moonlight

About this image

Another frustrating battle with cloud on La Palma. The bright moon also made it feel like imaging in daylight! I've had to apply a strong gradient adjustment to this but it does show the tail stretching the full height of the image and the anti-tail. The relative position angle of the tail and anti-tail have changed compared to the 14th since we have now passed through the orbital plane.

Files associated with this observation

2023a3_20241016_2051_ndj.jpg (4.8 MB)

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