144P/Kushida 2024-Feb-11 Dan Bartlett

Second night on target with 10th magnitude comet 144P Kushida having traveled inside the halo of Aldebaran (unprocessed as yet) and moved image left this night. I haven't quite figured out how to process the comet data from the previous night due to the contrasting elements of the comet and the orange tube reflection around Alpha Tauri.

Full Resolution Image:
https://astrob.in/uo2gpk/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: RASA11 = 279mm; fl =621mm;
exposure: 59 x 60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 8/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA

Image Info:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [512.000000 512.000000] px -> [RA: 4 38 15.633 Dec: +16 27 19.22]
Resolution ............... 119.999 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 0.000 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-02-12 04:57:04 UTC
Focal distance ........... 8.59 mm
Pixel size ............... 5.00 um
Field of view ............ 34d 7' 58.8" x 34d 7' 58.8"
Image center ............. RA: 4 38 15.633 Dec: +16 27 19.22
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 5 53 29.132 Dec: +31 37 19.30
top-right ............. RA: 3 23 02.135 Dec: +31 37 19.30
bottom-left ........... RA: 5 41 59.451 Dec: -0 07 35.89
bottom-right .......... RA: 3 34 31.815 Dec: -0 07 35.89