C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) 2023-Nov-02 Dan Bartlett

As opposed to loading all images (that can be found in the below ASTROBIN links), I've thought I'd save some data and present an image from each grouping (Typical Processing, inverted color and starless animation). Also the cropped area showed only a few faint galaxies so I didn't include an animation here.

ASTROBIN:
https://astrob.in/6f4b3k/E/
This is my 2nd Night of imaging for Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon Nov 2, 2023. The first group of five Successive Images (four of which are revisions) are 20min regularly stack images uploaded sequentially for the imaging session of around an hour. The sequence is meant to show a dynamic comet changing over the capture period. Little change has been noted however.

ASTROBIN: https://astrob.in/a2vep2/G/
Here are the same 20min images but INVERTED Stack of Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon Nov 2, 2023

ASTROBIN: https://astrob.in/nd4gqq/0/
ANIMATION "LOOPED"
Once again I've animated overlapping 20 minute stacked 30 second light frames from the evening of November 2nd. Nothing remarkable here where the comet's tail doesn't appear as dynamic as previous night's images. A total of 129 frames were taken and 120 used for this starless stack covering a period of around one hour. Actually two animations combined, first of which is standard color and the second is inverted color.

Temporary out of action until the bad weather clears.

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 129 x30 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett

Image details (all including animation)
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [744.986950 1489.542813] px -> [RA: 14 42 30.328 Dec: +50 07 45.42]
Resolution ............... 2.128 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -0.517 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-11-03 02:31:56 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-11-03 02:32:26 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.46 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 52' 51.4" x 1d 45' 40.7"
Image center ............. RA: 14 42 30.330 Dec: +50 07 45.16 ex: +0.011958 px ey: +0.012433 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 14 45 14.894 Dec: +51 00 36.65 ex: -1.391211 px ey: -1.842225 px
top-right ............. RA: 14 39 39.627 Dec: +51 00 06.58 ex: +0.400072 px ey: -1.135626 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 14 45 14.547 Dec: +49 15 07.66 ex: -1.692044 px ey: +0.204964 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 14 39 51.378 Dec: +49 14 37.50 ex: +0.371391 px ey: +0.637212 px

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