Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko Supporting a Razor Thin Tail 2022-02-26, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko Supporting a Razor Thin Tail 2022-02-26

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Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko Supporting a Razor Thin Tail 2022-02-26, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko Supporting a Razor Thin Tail 2022-02-26

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This comet is still holding up quite nicely after its November 2nd Perihelion date.  Just under 1 A.U. from us when this 54x 240 seconds of images were stacked and first viewed on the computer screen.

Positional Data:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2043.516337 1369.999957] px -> [RA:  8 22 50.940  Dec: +27 00 00.94]
Resolution ............... 1.882 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -4.254 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-02-26 03:28:33 UTC
Focal distance ........... 394.64 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.60 um
Field of view ............ 2d 8' 10.2" x 1d 25' 55.6"
Image center ............. RA:  8 22 50.943  Dec: +27 00 00.94
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  8 27 25.442  Dec: +27 47 19.87
   top-right ............. RA:  8 17 48.094  Dec: +27 37 45.88
   bottom-left ........... RA:  8 27 50.392  Dec: +26 21 35.98
   bottom-right .......... RA:  8 18 20.289  Dec: +26 12 09.23

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Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko Supporting a Razor Thin Tail 2022-02-26, Dan Bartlett