62P/Tsuchinshan 1

I have been imaging 9P/Temple 1 which is brightening but the other night it was very close to a bright star so I elected to image it’s nearest neighbor comet, 62P/Tsuchinshan 1.

62P has a relative motion of 0.5 arc seconds per minute. With my sampling density of 2.5 arc seconds per pixel with the E160 and SXV-H9, I was able to take 6 minute guided (on a star) subframes without undue comet blur. 62P is about magnitude 13, a magnitude or so dimmer than 9P, but it is also about 15 degrees higher, so less atmospheric extinction – and skyglow, which I have lots of!

Image and supporting information at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

Thank you for visiting my site.

Clear skies,

Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL

Dennis, excellent, not only the shots, but always impressed by the amount of info you attach to each shot.
Thanks for the hard work, and for sharing! 8)

Great work as usual Dennis, thanks for posting.

Clear skies,

Ed Roach