Observation by Peter Carson: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2024 Oct 17 - 18:39

Uploaded

2024 Oct 17 - 21:36

Objects

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

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Constellation

Serpens Caput

Field centre

RA: 16^h07^m
Dec: +03°27'
Position angle: +37°08'

Field size

8° × 12°

Equipment

Canon 60Da with a 100mm lens at f/2.5

Exposure

Stack of 3 x 2 second exposures at ISO 800 on fixed tripod

Location

Canewdon hill Essex

Target name

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Title

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

About this image

A stubborn lump of cloud covered the vital area of sky during most of the observing window. However, I managed this brief image during a fleeting clear interval. It would have been better somewhat later when the sky had darkened a little further. Oh well!

Files associated with this observation

2023A3_20241017_1839_PCarson.jpg (802.2 kB)

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Grant Privett, Mike Greenhill-Hooper, Peter Mulligan, Graham Winstanley

Comments

Grant Privett, 2024 Oct 17 - 22:53 UTC

You can't win though. Later the Moon is higher and the comet seen through more atmosphere....

Lovely picture.

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