62P/Tsuchinshan 2023-Nov-11 Dan Bartlett

Here is comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan as it was back dropped by numerous galaxies in the constellation of Cancer on 2023-11-11. Over three hours of subs stacked bringing out a wide array of galaxies and some faint IFN can be seen in the star field also. This image is oriented 117 degrees and flipped.

Full Resolution : https://astrob.in/0mcngx/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm;
exposure: 127 x90 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA

Image Details:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1486.326351 972.789469] px -> [RA: 8 25 50.671 Dec: +20 55 22.95]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -116.707 deg (flipped)
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-11-11 09:16:42 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-11-11 09:18:12 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 729.17 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 45' 23.0" x 1d 8' 58.0"
Image center ............. RA: 8 25 50.671 Dec: +20 55 22.95 ex: +0.004728 px ey: +0.001176 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 8 29 44.171 Dec: +21 26 42.64 ex: -1.771535 px ey: -1.836509 px
top-right ............. RA: 8 26 20.744 Dec: +19 52 54.81 ex: +0.072622 px ey: -1.580810 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 8 25 19.872 Dec: +21 57 50.14 ex: -1.521743 px ey: +0.077476 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 8 21 58.406 Dec: +20 23 40.39 ex: +0.218985 px ey: +0.148477 px

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