22P/Kopff 2022-Sep-24 Dan Bartlett

Comet 22P/ Kopff from September 24th, 2022 when the comet was 1.4 AU and very close to 14th magnitude. Plenty of galaxies (brightest ones are around 12th magnitude) is this image - constellation of Cetus. Full resolution can be found here https://astrob.in/facssa/0/

Observational details:
scope: RASA11 D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 46 x120 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 8/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image details:
WCS transformation ....... Thin plate spline
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1017.375816 1495.906215] px -> [RA: 1 23 47.283 Dec: +0 56 49.21]
Resolution ............... 2.509 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 4.231 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-09-24 10:18:34 UTC
Focal distance ........... 618.13 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 25' 6.6" x 2d 5' 8.0"
Image center ............. RA: 1 23 47.264 Dec: +0 56 49.05 ex: +0.005694 px ey: +0.004435 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 1 26 55.631 Dec: +1 56 04.68 ex: +0.022922 px ey: -0.010141 px
top-right ............. RA: 1 21 15.954 Dec: +2 02 23.11 ex: +0.007534 px ey: -0.030807 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 1 26 18.203 Dec: -0 08 44.74 ex: -0.047273 px ey: -0.134491 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 1 20 38.996 Dec: -0 02 27.08 ex: -0.013035 px ey: +0.024446 px

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