Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Piscis Austrinus (PsA)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Mountain Ridge Level Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, 2022-11-24, Dan Bartlett
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Mountain Ridge Level Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, 2022-11-24

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Mountain Ridge Level Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, 2022-11-24, Dan Bartlett
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Mountain Ridge Level Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, 2022-11-24

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A difficult target indeed where I had to crop out the blurred mountain ridge of Carson Peak, June Lake California.  I had to attempt this comet since it is known to fragment often (September - latest) and is probably undergoing an out burst at the time of imaging.  As I watched the evening subs appear on the computer screen I was surprised at the lack of central condensation of the nuclear region.  Even the CometAlignment process in PixInsight could not hone in on the area.  In my observational opinion, this comet is not very healthy or is fragmenting in total.

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Mountain Ridge Level Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann, 2022-11-24, Dan Bartlett