James Janusz 2000 thru 2024 All Rights Reserved
Telescope: Astro-Physics 092 Stowaway Description:Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 1, is a periodic comet discovered on 1965 January 1 at Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanking. It will next come to perihelion on 25 December 2023 at around apparent magnitude 8, and will be 0.53 AU (79 million km) from Earth and 110 degrees from the Sun. During the 2004 perihelion passage the comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 11. The comet was not observed during the 2011 unfavorable apparition since the perihelion passage occurred when the comet was on the far side of the Sun. During the 2023 apparition it brightened to 8th magnitude. On 2049 April 1 the comet will pass about 0.016 AU (2,400,000 km; 1,500,000 mi) from Mars. (Wiki).
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO Constellation: Sagittarius
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 One shot color camera. Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander.
Guiding:UnGuided Type: Periodic Comet.
Exposure Data: 36 best, 1 minute Unguided sub-exposures, Registered on the comet. Weather was poor but I like the image. Position: Moving approximate R.A. 18h 50m 04s Dec -24° 54' 13"
Processed using Maxim data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: January 19th 2024
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Imaging Location: Maor Observatory at Whitetail Hollow
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