Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event

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    Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021, Christian Koll
    Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021
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    Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021

    Image of the day 12/23/2021

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      Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021, Christian Koll
      Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021
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      Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021

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      Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) photographed in the early morning hours of December 10th 2021.

      The day before it had snown quite heavily and I needed snow chains to get to one of my viewing sites. This comet moves realy fast and it is actually not that bright - it was hardly visible in 10x70 binoculars.

      Please note that I artificially coloured the ion tail blue. Because of the low position of the comet (between 11° and 20°) the faint colour of that tail apparently drowned in light pollution.

      QHY600C on Skywatcher Esprit 100/550, 135x 30 seconds.

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      Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard - December 10th 2021, Christian Koll