2020pv6 20210811 dbartlett

Managed to capture more than 88 x 120secs of excellent seeing and fair transparency last night (Aug 10-11) on Comet C/2020 PV6 PanSTARRS.
Here are the positional aspects of the attached images: 

WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [714.958398 533.006736] px -> [RA: 17 36 25.909  Dec: +31 09 08.46]
Resolution ............... 1.255 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -1.580 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-08-11 07:16:49 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2021-08-11 07:18:49 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 48 W  37 46 52 N  2361 m
Focal distance ........... 617.96 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 29' 54.7" x 22' 17.8"
Image center ............. RA: 17 36 25.905  Dec: +31 09 08.46
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 17 37 34.489  Dec: +31 20 40.83
   top-right ............. RA: 17 35 14.446  Dec: +31 19 50.88
   bottom-left ........... RA: 17 37 37.096  Dec: +30 58 23.60
   bottom-right .......... RA: 17 35 17.600  Dec: +30 57 33.84

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