Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard Moving in On Messier 3. Yep, Bright Enough for Small Telescopes., Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard Moving in On Messier 3. Yep, Bright Enough for Small Telescopes.

Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard Moving in On Messier 3. Yep, Bright Enough for Small Telescopes., Dan Bartlett
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Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard Moving in On Messier 3. Yep, Bright Enough for Small Telescopes.

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Used a RedCat51 and keeping 49 x 180 second exposures on the morning of Decemeber 2, 2021.  I'll not underestimate this little scope again...
Image info:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1992.095258 1386.038413] px -> [RA: 13 35 45.639  Dec: +28 57 02.57]
Resolution ............... 3.859 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 12.062 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-12-02 13:21:41 UTC
Focal distance ........... 247.46 mm
Pixel size ............... 4.63 um
Field of view ............ 4d 16' 15.0" x 2d 58' 17.7"
Image center ............. RA: 13 35 45.668  Dec: +28 57 02.64
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 13 46 49.492  Dec: +29 55 42.00
   top-right ............. RA: 13 27 29.104  Dec: +30 49 58.53
   bottom-left ........... RA: 13 43 44.364  Dec: +27 02 16.91
   bottom-right .......... RA: 13 24 54.604  Dec: +27 55 03.57

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Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard Moving in On Messier 3. Yep, Bright Enough for Small Telescopes., Dan Bartlett