Comet Pons-Brooks on Feb 10, 2024


Date & Time: Feb 10 2024, 19:10 JST(+0900), 2min. exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


On this day, the comet Pons-Brooks was positioned in the northwest low sky during the evening, near the southwestern edge of the constellation Lacerta. Due to the influence of low-level clouds, only one shot could be captured, but it was confirmed to be a blue coma of 8th magnitude, with a faint tail extending towards the north.
View angle: 0.70×0.70°


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