103P/Hartley 2023-Oct-24 Dan Bartlett

- On it's Way Until Next Time Comet 106P/ Hartley from October 24, 2023 -

6.5 year orbital periodic comet Hartley was closest to earth on Oct 12 and Perihelion on Sept 26 of 2023. COBS website indicates the comets magnitude to be mid to low 9th magnitude.

Comet 106P/ Hartley twice animated sequence of 89 x 60 second exposures taken on the morning of October 24 2023. https://vimeo.com/878106455?share=copy​​​​​​​

ASTROBIN Full Res: https://astrob.in/18k47l/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 66 x60 sec
Seeing: 4/5 Transparency: 8/10
Observer: DEBartlett

Image Info (ALL):
Spline residuals ......... l:0.112 px b:0.083 px X:0.175 as Y:0.153 as
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [879.032233 1004.428612] px -> [RA: 8 09 27.422 Dec: +11 19 55.22]
Resolution ............... 2.129 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -1.261 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-10-24 10:22:07 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-10-24 10:23:07 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.36 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 2' 22.8" x 1d 11' 17.2"
Image center ............. RA: 8 09 27.435 Dec: +11 19 55.21 ex: +0.018485 px ey: -0.040169 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 8 11 31.394 Dec: +11 56 07.49 ex: -1.408611 px ey: -1.446857 px
top-right ............. RA: 8 07 16.984 Dec: +11 54 46.05 ex: +0.635423 px ey: -1.393108 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 8 11 37.294 Dec: +10 44 57.24 ex: -1.769870 px ey: +0.021606 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 8 07 23.842 Dec: +10 43 36.71 ex: +0.219680 px ey: +0.001497 px