Comet Pons-Brooks/P12 on 12 March 2024

Comet Pons-Brooks/P12 near the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Date:  12 March 2024

FOV:  Cropped to 12° 18' × 8° 12'

Telescope:  Canon 18-55 mm IS Lens set at 52.45 mm

Guiding:  tracking only

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  ZWO AM5 mount

Camera:  Canon EOS Rebel T6s

Pixel size:  3.70 μm

Resolution:  14.551 arcsec/pixel

Filter:  in camera UV-IR cut only

Stacking:  thirty 15 second frames using Pixinsight

Total Time:  7 minutes 30 seconds

Processing:  Pixinsight – DynCrop, SPCC, GradientCor, DBE, Canon BandReduction,

SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, Msk, GHS, HST, PM Msk + GHS + HST, Sat, Scale

Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY