C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) 2022-Dec-20 Dan Bartlett

Another exceptionally clear evening allowing a fairly deep capture of Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) with only 19 x 90 seconds worth of exposures stacked. FWHM hovered around 2.1 and below. Comet at the time is estimated to be around magnitude 12.7.

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Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 24 x90 sec
Seeing: 4.5/5
Transparency: 9.5/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image Details (both)
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1328.499436 2012.001144] px -> [RA: 19 53 25.589 Dec: +71 56 29.67]
Resolution ............... 1.882 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 3.255 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-12-21 02:17:13 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2022-12-21 02:18:44 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 618.04 mm
Pixel size ............... 5.64 um
Field of view ............ 1d 23' 20.3" x 2d 6' 13.0"
Image center ............. RA: 19 53 25.588 Dec: +71 56 29.68
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 20 03 41.519 Dec: +72 56 09.39
top-right ............. RA: 19 44 44.577 Dec: +73 01 09.13
bottom-left ........... RA: 20 01 09.236 Dec: +70 50 32.52
bottom-right .......... RA: 19 44 12.806 Dec: +70 55 00.43

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