Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  83 Psc  ·  83 tau Psc  ·  HD6731  ·  HD7229  ·  The star τ Psc
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Chris Ashford
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

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This image won't win any awards and is the result of hours of effort trying to overcome the fact that most of my sub-exposures were out of focus.

I've never had my focuser fail like this before - still not sure why. Could be that seeing was particularly bad - the comet was very low in the sky approaching the horizon (capture started at 20 degrees and finished at 6 degrees altitude). Or it could be a result of tracking issues I was having with the mount/pier. Or It could be that the EAF was trying to focus on a star that was being obscured by the comet's tail. I'll never know.

Anyway, here is my best effort

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Chris Ashford

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