• Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in Pisces
    • Comet 2021S3PANSTARRS
    Annotated
  • A wide field of view of comet Pons-Brooks 12P in Pisces
  • The brighter blue ion tail streams off to the right.
  • The faint red dust tail curves below the ion tail.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  25 March 2024
  • FOV:  approximately 6° 45 × 4° 30'
  • Telescope:  Askar FRA300 pro (300mm f/5 Petzval)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5 mount
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS
  • Pixel size:  3.76 μm
  • Resolution:  2.597 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  none
  • Stacking:  sixteen 60 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  16 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – Stars:  removed smeared comet using
  • StarXTerminator saved Stars, SPCC, GHS
  • Comet:  aligned comet with Stars as operand, Image Integration,
  • SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, GHS
  • PixelMath ~(~Stars*~Comet) to combine Comet and Stars
  • Location:  Selkirk Shores State Park near Pulaski, NY