Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2763  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, W.Dieter Dombrowski
The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
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The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan

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The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, W.Dieter Dombrowski
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The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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While working on the Leo Triplet, I captured a greenish-blue light on December 28, next to NCG 3628, in the bottom right corner.
Surprisingly, two days later I took some extra shots of the same target, and the light was gone.
Later on some nice people told me that the greenish-blue light was in fact the comet 62P/Tsuchinshan that reached the perihelion on 25 December 2023.
The image comprises only 3 subs of 300s and the quality leaves too much to be desired, but the fact that I got the comet that night is really awesome.

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The Leo Triplet and Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, W.Dieter Dombrowski