Solar WL and A3 from Petts Wood - 19 October 2024

[Roberto]

Hello

First some solar in the afternoon:

Sun WL - 19 October 2024 - AR13856, 3858, 3859 and 3860 - 14:38 UT

Details here:  https://www.astrobin.com/bplv9l/C/

Seeing wasn't great but here are some close-ups of nice active regions using the 10" f/20 Mak:

AR13859



AR13858, 3860



And then imaged the comet between 18:50 and 19:40PM or so:

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) - 19 October 2024 - 18:15UT - RGB

50x45 second OSC images using a 92mm refractor at 491mm EFL and ASI2600MC.

Details here:  https://www.astrobin.com/a2df8n/B/



Some colour around the trailing nucleus and a bit of detail in the tail.  FoV doesn't really do justice to the tail or the anti-tail which is barely showing in this shot because of my focal length.

Roberto

[Carole]

Lovely images as usual Roberto, the comet is stunning.