C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) 2024-Mar-09 Dan Bartlett

Rounding out the night of comet imaging is C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS as it rose just prior to morning twilight. Not much to see in the way of background interest, this 10th magnitude comet is between February's perihelion and March 14th's earth's MOID.

Full Resolution Image:
https://astrob.in/hsqhkb/B/


Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 fl729mm D356mm
exposure: 13 x 60 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA


Image Info (Fully Processed images):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [869.419433 1213.129983] px -> [RA: 18 33 00.734 Dec: +1 46 31.78]
Resolution ............... 2.130 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -20.456 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-03-09 11:34:06 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-03-09 11:49:48 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 728.21 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 1' 46.3" x 1d 26' 11.7"
Image center ............. RA: 18 33 00.743 Dec: +1 46 31.68 ex: -0.024121 px ey: +0.084309 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 18 33 56.114 Dec: +2 37 35.42 ex: -0.860465 px ey: -1.502358 px
top-right ............. RA: 18 30 04.923 Dec: +2 16 03.33 ex: +3.136026 px ey: -1.546381 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 18 35 56.242 Dec: +1 16 58.67 ex: -2.181909 px ey: +0.107237 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 18 32 05.430 Dec: +0 55 31.99 ex: +0.655916 px ey: +0.146442 px