Running three imaging rigs from Dec 1s till last night. Here is the medium field 400mm RASA8 matched with the ASI2600mcP on the morning of 12/2.
Oddly enought the mount failed after only 18 frames of 90 seconds. I kept all 18 frames and processed the image in PixInsight.
The cometary color was calibrated using the PhotometicColorCalibration process recommended by the PixInsight team (
https://pixinsight.com/examples/NEOWISE/). No other color enhancements were performed other than the typical stretching on the comet.
There appears to be more tail structure and less blurring in the 28 minute integration time.
Other image details:
Resolution ............... 1.948 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 3.889 deg
Observation time ... 2021-12-02 11:18:49 UTC
Focal distance ........... 398.19 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 3d 19' 18.8" x 2d 13' 28.9"
Image center ............. RA: 13 36 41.936 Dec: +28 46 24.88
Mount failure was due to a loose mount cord.
Dan
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