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Between the Gaps of Clouds and Trees 12P/ Pons-Brooks Taking a Final Bow From My Location 2024-03-30, Dan Bartlett
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Between the Gaps of Clouds and Trees 12P/ Pons-Brooks Taking a Final Bow From My Location 2024-03-30

Image of the day 04/10/2024

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Between the Gaps of Clouds and Trees 12P/ Pons-Brooks Taking a Final Bow From My Location 2024-03-30, Dan Bartlett
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Between the Gaps of Clouds and Trees 12P/ Pons-Brooks Taking a Final Bow From My Location 2024-03-30

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I was pleasantly surprised as the sky opened up  to allow a little less than 13 minutes to permit a final go at 12P/ Pons-Brooks.  I was actually setting up the Celestron C14 HyperStar for April 1st prediction of clear skies (still to hopefully to come) , when the opportunity to image this comet allowed.   This moment also permitted me to see if any damage was done to the camera and telescope mount that may have occurred during my previous imaging session  when a storm kicked up enough wind to topple the imaging rig.  Luckily things look okay.

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 HyperStar  fl728mm D356mm
exposure: 25 x 30 sec 
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency 7/10 
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA


Image Info (FProcessed images):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1503.779093 1003.945229] px -> [RA:  2 07 33.484  Dec: +24 02 20.09]
Resolution ............... 2.131 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 110.211 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-03-31 03:35:42 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-03-31 03:36:12 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W  37 46 51 N  2360 m
Focal distance ........... 727.81 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 46' 51.5" x 1d 11' 20.0"
Image center ............. RA:  2 07 33.484  Dec: +24 02 20.09  ex: +0.000129 px  ey: -0.000045 px
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  2 08 38.244  Dec: +23 00 05.03  ex: -1.611979 px  ey: -1.289635 px
   top-right ............. RA:  2 11 21.630  Dec: +24 39 59.86  ex: +1.101502 px  ey: -1.106013 px
   bottom-left ........... RA:  2 03 47.370  Dec: +23 24 17.10  ex: -1.389059 px  ey: +1.892656 px
   bottom-right .......... RA:  2 06 27.702  Dec: +25 04 32.52  ex: +1.602734 px  ey: +1.286552 px

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