Close-by, but Faint Comet C/2022 R2 ATLAS from September 25, 2022 (Dan Bartlett)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cancer (Cnc) · Contains: Solar system body or event

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Close-by, but Faint Comet C/2022 R2 ATLAS from September 25, 2022

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Close-by, but Faint Comet C/2022 R2 ATLAS from September 25, 2022

Around mid 14th magnitude, newly discovered Comet C/2022 R2 was at 1.0 AU on the night this image was centered. As of October 3rd (Today-ish) it has closed in to 0.78AU, brightened to 13th magnitude and is at it MOID to earth. Perihelion is projected to be Oct 25, 2022 at 0.63 AU to the sun.

Image details:
56 x 60 secs
WCS transformation ....... Thin plate spline
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [959.959210 876.044847] px -> [RA: 9 07 11.320 Dec: +26 07 29.41]
Resolution ............... 2.510 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 4.501 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-09-25 11:56:17 UTC
Focal distance ........... 617.94 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 20' 19.4" x 1d 13' 17.7"
Image center ............. RA: 9 07 11.320 Dec: +26 07 29.51 ex: +0.001392 px ey: +0.000743 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 9 10 23.388 Dec: +26 40 44.01 ex: -0.369491 px ey: +0.000063 px
top-right ............. RA: 9 04 24.737 Dec: +26 47 05.00 ex: +0.011862 px ey: +0.003666 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 9 09 56.047 Dec: +25 27 42.65 ex: +0.009084 px ey: +0.010825 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 9 04 01.077 Dec: +25 33 58.89 ex: +0.011343 px ey: -0.008463 px

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	6375927
PixInsight job	4ZJMI3RN3XTQ0L0KTUTNUTKUOUT0LES0
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	09h07m11s.32
RA (top/left)	09h10m23s.46
RA (top/right)	09h04m24s.71
RA (bottom/right)	09h04m01s.90
RA (bottom/left)	09h09m56s.20

Dec (center)	+26°07′29″.4
Dec (top/left)	+26°40′44″.5
Dec (top/right)	+26°47′04″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+25°33′58″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+25°27′42″.2

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