2P/Encke 2023-Aug-24 Dan Bartlett

After passing in front of the Galactic Star Cluster NGC1893 and the bright/colorful star-birthing cloud containing the well defined Tadpole nebula IC410 the night previous (Unpublished data ATM), comet 2P/ Encke has moved out to the east of the complex. The 12th magnitude comet is slated to get brighten as it approaches perihelion in October.

ASTROBIN: https://astrob.in/jurom7/C/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 100 x60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA


Image Details:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1543.848724 1022.836479] px -> [RA: 5 24 39.852 Dec: +33 28 15.33]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -2.661 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-08-24 10:27:53 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-08-24 10:28:53 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.99 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 49' 28.4" x 1d 12' 33.4"
Image center ............. RA: 5 24 39.867 Dec: +33 28 15.30 ex: -0.003035 px ey: +0.069920 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 5 28 55.135 Dec: +34 06 43.61 ex: -1.642966 px ey: +0.828972 px
top-right ............. RA: 5 20 08.189 Dec: +34 01 36.02 ex: +0.011166 px ey: -0.192091 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 5 29 07.665 Dec: +32 54 19.82 ex: -1.558375 px ey: +0.927859 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 5 20 28.048 Dec: +32 49 16.16 ex: +0.225797 px ey: +0.169909 px