Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
Taken by Uğur İkizler on December 13, 2023 @
Mudanya - Bursa - Turkiye
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62P/Tsuchinshan, which nowadays appears very close to the star Regulus in the constellation Leo, is a periodic comet with a short period of 6.2 years, discovered on January 1, 1965, at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking, China.
When it passes perihelion (closest position to the Sun) on December 25, 2023, its distance from the Sun will be 1,265 AU (189.7 million km.).
Its current distance from Earth is 0.560 AU (84.0 million km.).
Its latest reported brightness is magnitude 8.5 and its orbital velocity is 33.6 km/sec.
Photo: Uğur İKİZLER
Date: 13.12.2023
Time: 05:26 - 06:59
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
Camera (Imaging): Canon EOS 6D Full Spectrum Modified
Automatic tracking: PHD, Bower mirror lens 500 mm f/6.3- ZWO ASI 120 MC-S
ISO: 3200
Exposure: Light 84 x 46 sec. – Dark 30 – Flat 20 – Bias 25
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC 2015
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