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Comet 46P/Wirtanen high res animation in Sloan g' filter, Freestar8n

Comet 46P/Wirtanen high res animation in Sloan g' filter

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gif animation of 46P/Wirtanen in 4m subexposures oag guided on a star via shift-guiding in MetaGuide. This is with EdgeHD11 at f/7 on cge-pro and ASI1600mm at 0.4" per pixel.

The streaks in the stars correspond to the motion during each 4m exposure. The comet is moving very fast on this scale, but the stars are smoothly streaked and the comet is a small spot.

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