Comet Kushida on Feb 11, 2024


Date & Time: Feb 11 2024, from 20:37 to 21:01 JST(+0900)
Composed 7 shots with 4 minutes 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 & Lacerta M-GEN
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 Kushida was situated high in the western sky during the evening, just 0.5 degrees east of Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus, and a blue coma of 10th magnitude was observed. The glare visible in the image is a ghost caused by Aldebaran, located just to the right of the field of view. Currently, the comet Kushida has passed its maximum brightness and will continue to dim rapidly as it moves eastward at high speed.
View angle: 0.70×0.70°


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