C/2020 V2 (ZTF) 2023-Aug-26 Dan Bartlett

A Surprise for me to Process, 9.8 magnitude comet C/2020 V2 ZTF on 2023-08-26. After focusing on comet Nishimura for processing over the past few nights, it was a pleasant surprise to compare this overly bright and quite large comet on the same scale as the before mentioned comet. This comet is still closing in on Earth with its closest slated for Sept 17th - next month. This comet has been around a while and it's nice to still be able to capture this comet as it heads southward just above my rooftop for the capture.
Observation:
Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 86 x90 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image Details:WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1449.000815 1001.001147] px -> [RA: 2 51 04.447 Dec: -7 48 30.67]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -2.456 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-08-26 11:14:51 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-08-26 11:16:21 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.93 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 42' 46.8" x 1d 11' 0.1"
Image center ............. RA: 2 51 04.447 Dec: -7 48 30.67
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 2 54 25.255 Dec: -7 10 48.34
top-right ............. RA: 2 47 31.398 Dec: -7 15 09.85
bottom-left ........... RA: 2 54 38.063 Dec: -8 21 44.80
bottom-right .......... RA: 2 47 43.035 Dec: -8 26 07.06

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