Comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) and NGC2216 (131 M Ly) (KiwiAstro)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Canis Major (CMa) · Contains: NGC 2216 · PGC 2816525 · PGC 819033 · PGC 819123 · PGC 820093 · PGC 821200 · PGC 822815 · PGC 822851 · PGC 823080 · PGC 824023 · PGC 824493 · PGC 826685 · PGC 827703 · PGC 830112 · PGC 834274 · PGC 834282 · PGC 835142 · PGC 837126 · PGC 839178 · PGC 839510 · PGC 840958 · PGC 840959 · PGC 841154 · PGC 841494 · PGC 841846 · PGC 841971 · PGC 842069 · PGC 842447

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Comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) and NGC2216 (131 M Ly)

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Comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) and NGC2216 (131 M Ly)

Learned about this comet a couple of days ago and with it being in the West together with Sirius at early evening, gave it a go. Processing was a bit of a challenge to maintain non trailing comet and stars but in the end it came together - toughest part being getting the "right" sigma levels on rejection during the Imageintegration in Pixinsight.

C/2019 U6 (Lemmon), or Comet Lemmon is a comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on October 31, 2019. It will make its closest approach to the Sun on June 18, 2020. It currently has an apparent magnitude of 7.8, and might be visible near the naked eye limit in June.

In the lower right, NGC2216 at 131m LY, is a spiral galaxy.

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RA (center)	06h20m35s.45
RA (top/left)	06h18m05s.62
RA (top/right)	06h17m42s.29
RA (bottom/right)	06h23m07s.31
RA (bottom/left)	06h23m26s.62

Dec (center)	-21°16′39″.2
Dec (top/left)	-20°21′57″.1
Dec (top/right)	-22°07′35″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	-22°11′12″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-20°25′30″.9

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