Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke (KiwiAstro)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Phoenix (Phe) · Contains: PGC 129996 · PGC 164768 · PGC 448608 · PGC 448960 · PGC 448964 · PGC 449025 · PGC 449110 · PGC 449111 · PGC 449250 · PGC 449606 · PGC 450329 · PGC 451711 · PGC 453124 · PGC 453370 · PGC 453694 · PGC 454319 · PGC 454794 · PGC 72039

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Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke

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Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke

Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke is currently in the constellation of Phoenix which contains some very large stars. The current estimated magnitude of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke is 16.98 while the latest observed magnitude is 12.6. Distance on the morning of 6 Sep 2021, 130,895,024 Kms or 0.874979 AU from Earth. In June 2062, it will only be at a distance of 25M Kms or 0.167658 AU.

It is always challenging processing comets to keep both the comet and stars intact without trailing - fortunately, Pixinsight CometAlignment makes this easier although there is some fuzziness around stars. Afterwards, background artifacts were dealt with through Pixinsight luminosity, range masks and denoising and curves all while attempting to get a proper balance between artifacts and not over-darkening deep space.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	4976459
PixInsight job	CBRKIOVGYK54K0BGOR6BN1D71VY42WEF
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RA (center)	23h40m36s.33
RA (top/left)	23h41m10s.44
RA (top/right)	23h42m40s.57
RA (bottom/right)	23h40m02s.80
RA (bottom/left)	23h38m30s.62

Dec (center)	-51°48′02″.5
Dec (top/left)	-52°12′18″.9
Dec (top/right)	-51°32′22″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-51°23′45″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	-52°03′34″.9

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