Prior to its Confirmation,Salvaging 5 minutes of Recently Discovered comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura ( Dan Bartlett )

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Gemini (Gem) · Contains: Solar system body or event

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Prior to its Confirmation,Salvaging 5 minutes of Recently Discovered comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura

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Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Celestron EdgeHD 14"
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mounts: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Accessories: Starizona HyperStar 14 EdgeHD v4 (HS4-C14-HD)
Software: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Dates:: Aug. 15, 2023
Frames:: 20×15″(5′)
Integration:: 5′
Avg. Moon age:: 28.72 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 0.75%

RA center: 07h15m17s.93

DEC center: +19°42′37″.1

Pixel scale: 2.129 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -3.839 degrees

Field radius: 1.091 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open

Resolution: 2037x3073

File size: 11.4 MB

Locations: June Lake California, USA, June Lake, CA, United States

Data source: Backyard

Recently discovered comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura is projected to get extremely close to the sun next month with a potential to reach naked eye visibility. However the comet will lay close to the sun during its closest and brightest.

This image was taken prior to the comet's confirmation and it was designated as HN00003 according to the PCCP. Fairly bright even now its magnitude was projected to be brighter than 10th magnitude.

Image was taken from stacked 20 x 15 seconds (5 minute exposure)using a C14 HyperStar and an asi2600mcP camera.

I've included a negative of the original showing a faint tail like extension towards the 3 o'clock position

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RA (center)	07h15m17s.93
RA (top/left)	07h17m36s.30
RA (top/right)	07h12m28s.37
RA (bottom/right)	07h13m01s.51
RA (bottom/left)	07h18m06s.35

Dec (center)	+19°42′37″.1
Dec (top/left)	+20°39′15″.8
Dec (top/right)	+20°34′26″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+18°45′52″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+18°50′32″.8

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