62P/Tsuchinshan 2023-Nov-14 Dan Bartlett

M44 has Two Comets Passing By, 62P/ TsuChinShan and 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, Nov 14, 2023

Thanks David for the heads up on this one. Unfortunately the weather was predicted to be poor the next night and closest approach didn't favor us on the West Coast of the US. So I aimed the C14 Hyperstar, piggybacked with a C6 HyperStar framing as much of M44, the "Beehive", and both comets as possible on 2023-11-14.

Two different scope setups for this venture:

The Closeup, showing only one comet and some of M44, is Comet 62P/ as it hovered around the 10th magnitude mark.
Full Resolution : https://astrob.in/kkgq0m/B/
Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14HyperStar D = 356mm; fl =729mm;
exposure: 120 x 120 sec
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA

Image Information:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1468.975437 1004.068406] px -> [RA: 8 38 44.375 Dec: +20 24 09.60]
Resolution ............... 2.127 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -7.517 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-11-14 12:04:50 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-11-14 12:06:50 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 729.28 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 44' 9.7" x 1d 11' 11.4"
Image center ............. RA: 8 38 44.378 Dec: +20 24 09.58 ex: +0.088810 px ey: -0.038631 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 8 42 05.335 Dec: +21 06 01.87 ex: -1.499750 px ey: -1.934889 px
top-right ............. RA: 8 34 43.705 Dec: +20 52 21.73 ex: +0.090339 px ey: -1.571812 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 8 42 43.222 Dec: +19 55 36.78 ex: -1.735794 px ey: +1.404837 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 8 35 24.907 Dec: +19 42 02.80 ex: -0.128577 px ey: +2.607219 px