Alexei,

Thanks for that nicely processed image from LASCO C3. As you say, the
FITS files have much more dynamic range than the processed "blue" images.

On comets-ml Qicheng Zhang using LASCO C3 reports an estimate of -3.3 in
a 15 arcmin coma so that is pretty much in line with the predicted mag
with forward scattering:

https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/32747

Nick.

On 08/10/2024 12:06, Alexei Pace wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> As you may have noticed comet T-A has now entered the LASCO C3 field of
> view.
> I have processed the raw file directly to extract a better view of the
> comet rather than through the highly stretched images normally shown (those
> with the blue background).
> It does not seem that much brighter than Mercury in the non-saturated
> version so it needs to brighten up a bit more if it's going to put on a
> nice show for us.
> Regards,
> Alexei Pace
> Malta