Comet 103P/Hartley
Taken by Uğur İkizler on September 22, 2023 @
Mudanya - Bursa - Turkiye
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Details:
It is a short-period comet with a period of 6.5 years.
It will pass perihelion (closest position to the Sun) on 12.10.2023. Meanwhile, its distance from the Sun will be 1,064 AU (159.6 million km.). At the time the photo was taken, its distance from the Earth was 0.384 AU (57.6 million km), its brightness was 9.0, and its orbital speed was 36.85 km/second.
I had photographed this comet during its two previous passes.
Photo: Uğur İKİZLER
Date: 22.09.2023
Time: 03:10 - 05:03
Location: Mudanya - Bursa 40.36023 ° N - 28.90191 ° E
Optics (Imaging): Handmade Newton telescope 150 mm f/4.57
TeleVue Paracorr Coma Corrector
Swaddle: Handmade swaddle
Automatic tracking: PHD, Bower mirror lens 500 mm f/6.3- ZWO ASI 120 MC-S
Camera (Imaging): Canon EOS 6D Full Spectrum Modified
ISO: 3200
Exposure: Light 109 x 45 sec. – Dark 30 – Flat 20 – Bias 25
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC 2015
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