C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 2022-Jun-24 Dan Bartlett

Still in the process of processing the 87 x 90 seconds of this comet from a night ago. Integrating the comet-centered data from the CometAlignment process in PixInsight shows some interesting detail (as well as star trailing artifacts) in the left most image 1/3 scale.

Right image (Small inset full resolution): After applying HDRMT to the image .

I will continue to process the data integrating the starfield with the comet-only image shortly.

Observational info:
Scope: 620mm RASA11
Camera: ASI2600mcP
87 x 90 seconds stacked
2022-06-24
June Lake California USA
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Full field image info (left view):
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2857.500900 1859.998847] px -> [RA: 17 39 43.459 Dec: +4 44 00.63]
Resolution ............... 3.762 arcsec/px (Right image) 1.254 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 1.995 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-06-24 04:52:56 UTC
Focal distance ........... 618.27 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 1d 59' 28.9" x 1d 17' 46.4"
Image center ............. RA: 17 39 43.460 Dec: +4 44 00.63
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 17 37 16.024 Dec: +3 42 56.49
top-right ............. RA: 17 36 58.958 Dec: +5 42 20.40
bottom-left ........... RA: 17 42 27.499 Dec: +3 45 38.43
bottom-right .......... RA: 17 42 11.330 Dec: +5 45 02.81

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