62P/Tsuchinshan & 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2023-Nov-14 Dan Bartlett

The widefield, captured with a C6 HyperStar, are both comets and a large portion of M44, "The Beehive Cluster".
Full Resolution : https://astrob.in/ntgcgp/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C6HyperStar D = 150mm; fl =729mm;
exposure: 71 x 180 sec
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA

Image Information:
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1849.618165 1309.329293] px -> [RA: 8 39 20.561 Dec: +20 20 11.07]
Resolution ............... 3.114 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -5.926 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-11-14 12:59:03 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-11-14 13:02:03 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 306.70 mm
Pixel size ............... 4.63 um
Field of view ............ 3d 11' 57.9" x 2d 15' 48.8"
Image center ............. RA: 8 39 20.587 Dec: +20 20 11.39 ex: +0.032274 px ey: +0.014465 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 8 45 39.498 Dec: +21 36 57.68 ex: -1.454136 px ey: -1.764816 px
top-right ............. RA: 8 32 01.464 Dec: +21 17 07.93 ex: +0.437997 px ey: -1.263585 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 8 46 32.787 Dec: +19 22 15.28 ex: -1.484233 px ey: +0.230841 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 8 33 07.005 Dec: +19 02 36.31 ex: +0.146206 px ey: +0.254285 px

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