12P/Pons-Brooks 2024-Mar-30 Dan Bartlett

I was pleasantly surprised as the sky opened up to allow a little less than 13 minutes to permit a final go at 12P/ Pons-Brooks. I was actually setting up the Celestron C14 HyperStar for April 1st prediction of clear skies (still to hopefully to come) , when the opportunity to image this comet allowed. This moment also permitted me to see if any damage was done to the camera and telescope mount that may have occurred during my previous imaging session when a storm kicked up enough wind to topple the imaging rig. Luckily things look okay.

Full Resolution Image:
https://astrob.in/el4qff/B/

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 HyperStar fl728mm D356mm
exposure: 25 x 30 sec
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Place: June Lake_California USA


Image Info (FProcessed images):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1503.779093 1003.945229] px -> [RA: 2 07 33.484 Dec: +24 02 20.09]
Resolution ............... 2.131 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 110.211 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-03-31 03:35:42 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-03-31 03:36:12 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 727.81 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 46' 51.5" x 1d 11' 20.0"
Image center ............. RA: 2 07 33.484 Dec: +24 02 20.09 ex: +0.000129 px ey: -0.000045 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 2 08 38.244 Dec: +23 00 05.03 ex: -1.611979 px ey: -1.289635 px
top-right ............. RA: 2 11 21.630 Dec: +24 39 59.86 ex: +1.101502 px ey: -1.106013 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 2 03 47.370 Dec: +23 24 17.10 ex: -1.389059 px ey: +1.892656 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 2 06 27.702 Dec: +25 04 32.52 ex: +1.602734 px ey: +1.286552 px