Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Rather Faint Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan from October 16 2023, Dan Bartlett
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Rather Faint Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan from October 16 2023

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Rather Faint Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan from October 16 2023, Dan Bartlett
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Rather Faint Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan from October 16 2023

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Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan is captured here and has been estimated to be somewhere around 14th magnitude.  At the time of this image the comet was a little closer to earth than 1au with perihelion projected to be on 25 December 2023.  On perihelion 62P will be a mere 0.5 au from earth and may brighten considerably.  To get a feel for the faintness of this comet imaged through a C14 @ F2, I've animated the 127 and 95 frames of 90 second images which can be viewed here

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Rather Faint Comet 62P/ Tsuchinshan from October 16 2023, Dan Bartlett

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