C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS is captured here during a surprisingly dark and stable night. Here is the main scope view using a RASA11 plus a full frame sensor. Piggybacked on this scope is a C6 HyperStar ( image can be found
here ) using an APS-C sensored cam.
Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope1: RASA11 fl620mm D279mm
camera1: asi6200mmP
exposure1: 61 x 90 sec
Seeing: 4.5/5
Transparency 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA
Image Info (RASA11 Processed images):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2051.992644 1482.977347] px -> [RA: 19 30 58.566 Dec: +22 56 07.32]
Resolution ............... 2.510 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -67.244 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-04-02 09:13:57 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-04-02 10:59:20 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 618.02 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 2d 51' 41.6" x 2d 4' 5.1"
Image center ............. RA: 19 30 58.589 Dec: +22 56 07.40 ex: +0.512394 px ey: -0.115499 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 19 29 13.133 Dec: +24 39 12.26 ex: -0.654666 px ey: -1.226609 px
top-right ............. RA: 19 24 28.605 Dec: +22 00 31.23 ex: +0.898716 px ey: -1.185135 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 19 37 33.902 Dec: +23 50 43.00 ex: -0.744669 px ey: +1.203987 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 19 32 41.615 Dec: +21 12 59.44 ex: +2.087651 px ey: +0.610652 px
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