2P/Encke 2023-Aug-25 Dan Bartlett

At the time Comet 2P/ Encke was travelling as a foreground object nearing M36 it was a faint 12th magnitude comet. In this 92 x60 seconds of stacked subframes brought out some of the richness of the Auriga starfield. I'm looking forward to this comet brightening considerably as it approaches October's perihelion.

ASTROBIN: https://astrob.in/2fxord/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 92 x60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA


Image Details (all)
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1543.252474 1022.887240] px -> [RA: 5 33 36.030 Dec: +33 52 09.26]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -2.651 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-08-25 10:34:20 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-08-25 10:35:20 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.92 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 49' 29.0" x 1d 12' 33.8"
Image center ............. RA: 5 33 36.041 Dec: +33 52 09.37 ex: +0.061188 px ey: +0.102689 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 5 37 52.888 Dec: +34 30 35.30 ex: -0.133276 px ey: +0.004909 px
top-right ............. RA: 5 29 03.059 Dec: +34 25 29.14 ex: +0.151547 px ey: -0.363625 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 5 38 05.251 Dec: +33 18 12.04 ex: -0.199506 px ey: +0.014484 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 5 29 22.980 Dec: +33 13 11.30 ex: +0.076694 px ey: +0.223843 px