Observation by David Davies: Comet C/2023 by telescope

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2024 Oct 22 - 19:55

Uploaded

2024 Oct 28 - 18:35

Objects

C/2023 A3

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Constellation

Ophiuchus

Field centre

RA: 17^h00^m
Dec: +03°20'
Position angle: +84°59'

Field size

1°42' × 2°30'

Equipment

APM 107 refractor
Riccardi 0.75X reducer
ZWO ASI071MC camera

Exposure

20 x 20s

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

Comet C/2023 A3

Title

Comet C/2023 by telescope

About this image

It's been so long since I've imaged anything it took me several minutes to get everything working. By then, the comet had already dipped below the top of a tree and images had large dark green blurred blobs moving across them. (Bad words followed.) Nevertheless, I exposed 20 subs and hoped for the best.

I thought no more about the images until today when I processed the subs to produce this image. I'm surprised to see the distinctly turquoise tones, but the colours are as they've emerged from processing with no enhancement. Interesting.

Files associated with this observation

Comet_C2023_A3_web.jpg (1.3 MB)

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