62P/Tsuchinshan 2024-Feb-13 Dan Bartlett

Here is a comet aligned and star aligned combined image of comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan as it appeared basically motionless in the night sky on February 13th 2024. Sure I didn't need to separate the comet from the starfield, however the comet's motion at this pixel scale was barely noticeable in my eye. Star trailing remnants were minimal though, so those artifacts weren't an issue.

Full Resolution Image:
https://astrob.in/ojdh65/C/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 hyperstar = 356mm; fl =729mm;
exposure: 47 x 240 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency:9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA


Image Info:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1463.315802 964.206242] px -> [RA: 12 39 54.412 Dec: +10 02 51.65]
Resolution ............... 2.127 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -5.901 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-02-13 07:43:08 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-02-13 12:29:19 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 729.13 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 43' 44.6" x 1d 8' 21.5"
Image center ............. RA: 12 39 54.455 Dec: +10 02 52.15
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 12 43 10.151 Dec: +10 42 07.89
top-right ............. RA: 12 36 10.360 Dec: +10 31 28.58
bottom-left ........... RA: 12 43 37.887 Dec: +9 34 06.35
bottom-right .......... RA: 12 36 39.550 Dec: +9 23 29.27

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