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Comet
C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS


Object : C/2022 A2, PanSTARRS
Coordinates/Direction : -
Object size : -
Object magnitude : 9.5 at max
More to know : You can read more about the comet on Seiichi Yoshida's homepage:
http://www.aerith.net/ comet/ catalog/ 2022A2/ 2022A2.html

Comet's light curve:

Comet PanSTARRS C/2022 A2, light curve 2023 Credit: software 'Comet for Windows' from Seiichi Yoshida

The magnitude of the comet around the days I photographed it.


2023-01-12 Comet PanSTARRS C/2022 A2

Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS, 2023-01-12 from Sweden
Date : 2023-01-12
Time (UT) : 01:32 to 02:11
Mount : SkyWatcher HEQ5, belt modified, low rider
Guide : QHY5 camera with 200 mm f/3.5 lens
Lens/telescope : Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (medium format lens)
Corrector/Barlow : -
Field (FOV) : 6.8x4.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system: Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux)
Exp. time : 15x60 second at iso1600
Image process tool : Siril, Gimp, Irfanview
Processing : cal dark, flat
Weather : clouds in the beginning, later clear sky
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle 9
Free view Az: 20o-90o, 165o-185o, La: 20o-55o
Comment : Suddenly we got a clear sky again. Out with the telescope and started the night observation with the comet PanSTARRS C/2022 A2. It's still weak, magnitude 9.7 and will not be much brighter. I took 30 images of it but the clouds force to throw away half of them.

A crop around the comet

Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS, 2023-01-12 from Sweden
Date : 2023-01-12
Time (UT) : 01:32 to 02:11
Processing : Aligned on the comet and a 800x800 1:1 pixel crop around the comet
Comment : No difference compare to the photo I took one week earlier.

2023-01-03

Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS, 2023-01-03 from Sweden
Date : 2023-01-04
Time (UT) : 00:12 to 00:41
Mount : SkyWatcher HEQ5, belt modified, low rider
Guide : QHY5 camera with 200 mm f/3.5 lens
Lens/telescope : Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (medium format lens)
Corrector/Barlow : -
Field (FOV) : 6.8x4.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system: Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux)
Exp. time : 28x30 second at iso1600
Image process tool : Siril, Gimp, Irfanview
Processing : cal dark, flat
Weather : clear sky
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle 9
Free view Az: 20o-90o, 165o-185o, La: 20o-55o
Comment : When I waiting for the comet ZTF rising above the horizon I took some photos of another comet which was in the same direction. This one is much weaker, magnitude 9.7 and on the limit what I can detect from this light polluted place. This photo is aligned on the stars so I can see where the comet is.

A crop around the comet

Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS, 2023-01-03 from Sweden
Date : 2023-01-04
Time (UT) : 00:12 to 00:41
Processing : Aligned on the comet and a 800x800 1:1 pixel crop around the comet
Comment : When the images are aligned on the comet it's easier to see it.
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