Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS in Heavy Aquila Starfield, Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS in Heavy Aquila Starfield

Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS in Heavy Aquila Starfield, Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS in Heavy Aquila Starfield

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Considered the brightest comet in our sky ATM, hovering a little brighter than 9.5 magnitude.  It will continue to brighten this year as it closes in to the earth (MOID ~ July14, 2022) and perihelion in mid December 2022.  The comet is presently about 2.7 A.U. and will be as close to us at around 1.8A.U.

Image Data:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2311.499979 1548.000003] px -> [RA: 18 49 22.404  Dec: +11 37 05.04]
Resolution ............... 1.673 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -1.939 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-05-04 10:26:12 UTC
Focal distance ........... 618.10 mm
Pixel size ............... 5.01 um
Field of view ............ 2d 8' 53.7" x 1d 26' 19.2"
Image center ............. RA: 18 49 22.404  Dec: +11 37 05.04
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 18 53 40.133  Dec: +12 22 16.14
   top-right ............. RA: 18 44 52.783  Dec: +12 17 54.09
   bottom-left ........... RA: 18 53 50.707  Dec: +10 56 00.42
   bottom-right .......... RA: 18 45 06.067  Dec: +10 51 39.72

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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS in Heavy Aquila Starfield, Dan Bartlett