2023e1 20230711 dbartlett

Even the single 120 second subs showed more of the "tail" than  I have witnessed to date.  I even think I'm seeing a "bowing" of the anti-sun tail away from the direction of cometary travel.  There also seems to be a slight eccentricity to the coma, shortened on the forward directed side.  All could be my imagination, your guess is as good as mine.

I've included the 85 stacked frames of comet "only" full scale image, which initiall made my jaw dropped when fist view on the computer screen once the integration routine completed. 

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 85 x120 sec
Seeing: 5/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett


Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1308.491379 1079.931945] px -> [RA: 17 11 31.614  Dec: +80 14 50.65]
Resolution ............... 1.921 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -1.153 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-07-11 07:21:10 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-07-11 07:23:10 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W  37 46 30 N  2357 m
Focal distance ........... 729.00 mm
Pixel size ............... 6.79 um
Field of view ............ 1d 23' 47.0" x 1d 9' 9.1"
Image center ............. RA: 17 11 31.613  Dec: +80 14 50.65  ex: -0.000078 px  ey: -0.000043 px
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 17 28 43.211  Dec: +80 48 41.66  ex: -0.000818 px  ey: -0.002259 px
   top-right ............. RA: 16 53 48.156  Dec: +80 46 55.63  ex: +0.000056 px  ey: -0.002163 px
   bottom-left ........... RA: 17 27 20.233  Dec: +79 39 41.19  ex: -0.002631 px  ey: +0.001363 px
   bottom-right .......... RA: 16 56 16.305  Dec: +79 38 06.99  ex: +0.000989 px  ey: +0.001743 px

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