Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Busy Beehive,  M44 has Two Comets Passing By, 62P/ TsuChinShan and 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, Nov 14, 2023, Dan Bartlett
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Busy Beehive, M44 has Two Comets Passing By, 62P/ TsuChinShan and 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, Nov 14, 2023

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Busy Beehive, M44 has Two Comets Passing By, 62P/ TsuChinShan and 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, Nov 14, 2023

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Comet 62P/ TsuChinShan's proper motion is aimed towards comet 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann and within 36 to 48 hours will pass less than 5 arc minutes by each.  Unfortunately the weather was predicted to be poor the next night and closest approach didn't favor the West Coast of the US.  So I aimed the C14 Hyperstar, piggybacked with a C6 HyperStar framing as much of M44, the "Beehive", and both comets as possible.  

Here, captured with a C6 HyperStar, are both comets and a large portion of M44, "The Beehive Cluster".  If one wants to verify whether they've guessed the position of the comets correctly, check the ASTROBIN revision to see the inverted annotated version.

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Busy Beehive,  M44 has Two Comets Passing By, 62P/ TsuChinShan and 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, Nov 14, 2023, Dan Bartlett

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