62P/Tsuchinshan 2023-Oct-16 Dan Bartlett

Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan is captured here and has been estimated to be somewhere around 14th magnitude. At the time of this image the comet was a little closer to earth than 1au with perihelion projected to be on 25 December 2023. On perihelion 62P will be a mere 0.5 au from earth and may brighten considerably. The Starless versions hint at a tail extending faintly to the west.

To get a feel for the faintness of this comet imaged through a C14 @ F2, I've animated the 127 and 95 frames of 90 second images which can be viewed here:https://vimeo.com/876477586?share=copy

ASTROBIN Full Res here:https://astrob.in/55cf7u/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 95 x90 sec
Seeing: 3/5 Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett

Image Info (all):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1238.539207 809.860458] px -> [RA: 6 52 13.600 Dec: +21 56 57.96]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -3.027 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-10-16 11:13:20 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-10-16 11:14:50 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.76 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 27' 54.2" x 57' 28.0"
Image center ............. RA: 6 52 13.608 Dec: +21 56 57.90 ex: +0.400788 px ey: -0.047951 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 6 55 16.762 Dec: +22 27 49.17 ex: +0.074735 px ey: +0.260218 px
top-right ............. RA: 6 48 57.325 Dec: +22 23 09.77 ex: +0.303605 px ey: -0.301611 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 6 55 28.605 Dec: +21 30 28.32 ex: -0.022763 px ey: -0.061989 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 6 49 11.264 Dec: +21 25 48.12 ex: -1.457164 px ey: -1.071519 px