Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
Taken by José J. Chambó on February 14, 2024 @
Valencia, Spain
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Details:
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan on February 14, 2024, while it was located over the Virgo Cluster, a collection of over a thousand galaxies spanning about 8 degrees in the constellation Virgo. In the image field numerous galaxies can be seen, highlighting NGC 4608 just above the comet and NGC 4596 in the direction of its tail; both are lenticular galaxies with a well-defined central bar and are located at a distance of 55 million light-years. The bright blue star is Rho Virginis with a magnitude of 5, while the comet shines at magnitude 9.5 with a green gaseous coma and a tail extending half a degree in length.
Acquisition details:
Telescope TS-Photon 8" N f/3.6
Mount SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro
Camera Atik 383L+
Exposure 36 min. (L=33x60 bin1 + RGB=1x60 bin2)
Processed with PixInsight
From Vallés, Valencia (Spain)
Photographer's website:
https://cometografia.es
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