Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 4P/ Faye 0.80"/pixel 7 days after Perihelion, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 4P/ Faye 0.80"/pixel 7 days after Perihelion

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Comet 4P/ Faye 0.80"/pixel 7 days after Perihelion, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 4P/ Faye 0.80"/pixel 7 days after Perihelion

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Little higher resolution using 68 x120 sec exposures in this 1 degree 10' by 46' 23" field of view.  Holding its brightness quite well this 11.1 magnitude comet has moved from Taurus into Gemini.

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WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2627.976403 1737.003701] px -> [RA:  5 22 00.315  Dec: +18 06 29.17]
Resolution ............... 0.801 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 5.445 deg 
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-09-13 09:35:11 UTC
Focal distance ........... 617.83 mm
Pixel size ............... 2.40 um
Field of view ............ 1d 10' 11.4" x 46' 23.5"
Image center ............. RA:  5 22 00.316  Dec: +18 06 29.17
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  5 19 23.731  Dec: +18 26 10.94
   top-right ............. RA:  5 24 18.415  Dec: +18 32 51.21
   bottom-left ........... RA:  5 19 42.909  Dec: +17 40 01.03
   bottom-right .......... RA:  5 24 36.313  Dec: +17 46 39.53

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Comet 4P/ Faye 0.80"/pixel 7 days after Perihelion, Dan Bartlett