Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak in Ursa Major
Taken by Jack Bowling on March 28, 2017 @
Prince George, BC, Canada
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Date Taken: 2017:03:29 07:51:56
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Details:
Now between 6 and 7 magnitude and about to cross from the starfield of Ursa Major into Draco. 43x30 second frames taken with Pentax K-1 with DA*300 lens. Two stacks: one starfield-aligned and the other comet-aligned. Here is the PixInsight Image Solver text:
Image Plate Solver script version 4.2.1
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Referentiation Matrix (Gnomonic projection = Matrix * Coords[x,y]):
+0.000105044 +0.000951934 -2.95829
-0.000950605 +0.000106717 +3.34898
+0 +0 +1
Projection origin.. [3824.497008 2685.641131]pix -> [RA:+12 41 33.91 Dec:+62 42 46.94]
Resolution ........ 3.446 arcsec/pix
Rotation .......... -96.396 deg
Focal ............. 292.12 mm
Pixel size ........ 4.88 um
Field of view ..... 6d 50' 43.8" x 4d 41' 10.2"
Image center ...... RA: 12 39 20.873 Dec: +62 55 22.13
Image bounds:
top-left ....... RA: 12 12 36.623 Dec: +65 53 15.75
top-right ...... RA: 12 24 21.229 Dec: +59 11 46.92
bottom-left .... RA: 12 58 37.551 Dec: +66 31 14.24
bottom-right ... RA: 13 00 59.855 Dec: +59 41 54.88
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