Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS from July 20, 2022, Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS from July 20, 2022

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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS from July 20, 2022, Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS from July 20, 2022

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Here is magnitude 8.6 comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS just after it's closest approach to the earth @ 1.6AU.  Dropping fairly quickly for us northern hemisphere imagers.
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1922.495645 2977.507503] px -> [RA: 16 45 06.422  Dec:  -5 35 07.60]
Resolution ............... 1.252 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -1.560 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-07-21 04:35:26 UTC
Focal distance ........... 619.40 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 1d 20' 14.4" x 2d 4' 16.3"
Image center ............. RA: 16 45 06.422  Dec:  -5 35 07.59
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 16 47 40.556  Dec:  -4 31 54.27
   top-right ............. RA: 16 42 18.801  Dec:  -4 34 05.15
   bottom-left ........... RA: 16 47 54.626  Dec:  -6 36 07.05
   bottom-right .......... RA: 16 42 31.732  Dec:  -6 38 18.39

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Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS from July 20, 2022, Dan Bartlett