C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2023-Jan-21 Dan Bartlett

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Two Days Prior to Orbital Plane Crossing, 2023/01/21

Yes, a bit late to the show here. In my ill fated attempt to animate the 6 hours of comet movement this night, I've given up, to catch up.

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 6200mcP
exposure: 15x60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 8/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image Details:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2102.155895 1273.948858] px -> [RA: 15 24 53.325 Dec: +52 40 05.73]
Resolution ............... 2.510 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -0.983 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-01-21 11:04:39 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-01-21 11:05:39 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 617.85 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 2d 55' 52.8" x 1d 46' 35.9"
Image center ............. RA: 15 24 53.329 Dec: +52 40 05.87 ex: +0.000553 px ey: +0.021214 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 15 34 39.577 Dec: +53 33 27.02 ex: +0.000298 px ey: -0.002259 px
top-right ............. RA: 15 14 55.578 Dec: +53 30 19.30 ex: -0.000838 px ey: +0.000796 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 15 34 28.183 Dec: +51 46 50.03 ex: -0.002420 px ey: +0.000898 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 15 15 31.325 Dec: +51 43 51.90 ex: +0.003157 px ey: +0.007832 px

Full resolution image can be found here:https://astrob.in/f39va5/B/

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