25-minute animation of Comet C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)

 


Comet Lemmon 


Object Data

Object type: Comet
Size:  
Magnitude: 10.2
Constellation: Aquila
Distance: 29.5 million km 
   
Notes:
Spotted in the constellation Aquila on 11/11/23, this fast-moving Comet was captured about an hour before setting in the west.  This is a 25-minute animation (50 x 30" subexposures ) in monochrome.

Single frame exposure:  click here
 

Exposure Data

Date: 11/11/23
Location: Little Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA
Telescope: DSI RC10c; 1867 mm fl at f/7
Camera: FLI ML6303;  Off-axis guiding using an ASI174
Mount: AP 1100 CP3
Exposure times: 50 x 30" exposures through an Astrodon  luminance filter
Exposure time total: 25 minutes
Notes: FOV: 39.5' x 32.6'
   

 

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