C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) 2023-Feb-11 Dan Bartlett

I had to get the "shot". Imagine taking close to four hours (231 x 60secs) of exposures during a mostly cloudy night and managing to keep 53 minutes of sub-par exposures? Here is the result of 12.1 magnitude c/2022 U2 (ATLAS) as it passed through the Flame Nebula, from last night, 2023-02-11. Full resolution of both images ccan be found here

Dan
Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 53 x60 sec
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 2/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image Details:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1467.507317 999.978795] px -> [RA: 5 16 21.534 Dec: +34 15 41.03]
Resolution ............... 2.504 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -0.522 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-02-12 04:49:53 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-02-12 04:50:53 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 619.39 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 2d 2' 30.0" x 1d 23' 28.5"
Image center ............. RA: 5 16 21.535 Dec: +34 15 40.98
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 5 21 18.559 Dec: +34 57 35.73
top-right ............. RA: 5 11 20.840 Dec: +34 56 28.35
bottom-left ........... RA: 5 21 17.365 Dec: +33 34 08.45
bottom-right .......... RA: 5 11 29.447 Dec: +33 33 02.18