Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Passes Near The Leo Triplet (George Konkov)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: HD98388 · HD98644 · HD99088 · IC 2745 · IC 2752 · IC 2754 · IC 2761 · IC 2763 · IC 2765 · IC 2769 · IC 2782 · IC 2787 · IC 2799 · Leo Triplet · M 65 · M 66 · NGC 3623 · NGC 3627 · NGC 3628

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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Passes Near The Leo Triplet

Link: https://youtu.be/wMrHFK1Xm6w

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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Passes Near The Leo Triplet

Link: https://youtu.be/wMrHFK1Xm6w

Here is my recent capture of 62P/Tsuchinshan comet that was passing near a well known group of galaxies called "Leo Triplet". Although my initial plan was to capture this comet with the group of galaxies on December 28, my plans were changed due to bad weather conditions. Luckily the night of December 29 was clear for a couple of hours so I took a picture of this conjunction.

The image is a result of blending three images:

- image of the comet (captured on December 29, 2023);
- image of the star field (captured on December 29, 2023);
- 10.5 hours of exposure time image of Leo Triplet I captured over the course of four nights earlier in December.

You can learn a little more about the imaging process through a video on YouTube I have posted as well (the link is above).

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h21m19s.17
RA (top/left)	11h22m14s.29
RA (top/right)	11h16m57s.56
RA (bottom/right)	11h20m24s.43
RA (bottom/left)	11h25m41s.45

Dec (center)	+13°22′54″.10
Dec (top/left)	+14°26′41″.4
Dec (top/right)	+13°09′09″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°18′54″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°36′24″.7

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