Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  Part of the constellation Perseus (Per)  ·  The star 42Per  ·  The star 50Per  ·  The star Atik (ζPer)  ·  The star ξPer
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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!, Björn Hoffmann
C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!
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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!

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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!, Björn Hoffmann
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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!

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I only had a few minutes time before this region went into a large llight-soaked region by a nearby city. I should've started earlier with this, but my priority for last night was the TMC, which came out horrible. However, here I was able to capture the very faint R2 comet!

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Description: New try to get the comet visible. Too bad I didn't took more frames on this..

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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) visiting California!, Björn Hoffmann