C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas from home - Images https://vtastro.org/community/images/c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-from-home/ vtastro.org Discussion Board en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:11:01 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas from home https://vtastro.org/community/images/c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-from-home/#post-1061 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:15:55 +0000 @terri  Very nice capture, Terri!  (I think I've had it with comets for a while...  🤣)

Greg

]]> Images Greg Erianne https://vtastro.org/community/images/c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-from-home/#post-1061 C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas from home https://vtastro.org/community/images/c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-from-home/#post-1060 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:12:19 +0000 Hi all, I've imaged Tsuchinshan-Atlas from my home observatory as it's finally risen above my trees.   I took this a week or so ago on 10/22 when A3 was between 30 and 25 degrees altitude.   Only have about 15 minutes per channel.   I used a mono camera with 30 second exposures and R,G and B filters.     The field of view is fairly narrow having used a scope with 700mm of focal length, a TEC 140 with 0.7X focal reducer.     The subframes were all unguided.   Comet processing is a bit tedious!

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