Comet 13P/Olbers in Auriga
Taken by Bob Beal on June 5, 2024 @ St. George, Utah, USA
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Comet 13P/Olbers during astronomical twilight midway between Capella and Pollux, in eastern Auriga. It appears to have a tenuous tail ~4 arcmin long pointing ~NE (upper left).

Positions and timestamps (MDT) are those for the DSS reference frame, and corresponding-date magnitude data are from the Comet Observation Database (COBS).

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Panasonic G9, Askar FRA 600, iOptron GEM45G
... 63 x (f/5.6, 15 sec, ISO 1600) = 15.75 min
... N up W right; FOV = 1.2° x 0.9°
... stacked in DSS (comet+stars aligned); processed in PSP X2
... date: June 5, 2024 10:15pm MDT (= June 6, 2024 04:15 UT)

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