Sunday (01-December-2024) — New Jersey

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)

The camera in the Stellina telescope stopped working. I’ll be contacting Vaonis support to try and figure out what is wrong. So tonight, I only have the Vespera-Pro telescope capturing images of the comet. The magnitude is now 9.6. The first image is a composite of 31 images (5 min 10 sec) and the second one is a composite of 247 images (41 min 20 sec). In the second image there is some movement of the comet head. Also, the comet is moving into a region of the sky with part of the milky way in the background (many more faint stars).

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS). Composite of 31 10 sec images taken with a Vaonis Vespera-Pro Telescope (250 mm, f/5, 310 sec).
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS). Composite of 31 10 sec images taken with a Vaonis Vespera-Pro Telescope (250 mm, f/5, 310 sec).

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS). Composite of 247 10 sec images taken with a Vaonis Vespera-Pro Telescope (250 mm, f/5, 2470 sec).
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS). Composite of 247 10 sec images taken with a Vaonis Vespera-Pro Telescope (250 mm, f/5, 2470 sec).