2024-10-24

• Condition: VG5
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

07:42PM

• Target: C2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
• Type: Comet
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 31x
• Image: ../images/2024-10-24_C2023A3.jpg[1]

I wanted to get another shot at the comet; this time with a wider angle. I decided to use my old ST80 with the 13mm Ultrawide eyepiece. There was a small amount of distortion around the edge of the FoV, but hardly enough to hinder the beautiful sight.

My son's friend was over, and got a chance to see a comet for the first time!

I think this sketch turned out a bit better, though my wrist accidentially added a little more bend to the comet tail than was actually observed.

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