Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object, Kelvin Hennessy
Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object
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Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object

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Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object, Kelvin Hennessy
Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object
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Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object

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This is my effort at Comet C/2020 F8 Swan using my Star Adventurer mount.

This is the result of 21 x 30 second exposures using a ZWO ASI183 MC-Pro coupled to a Sigma 120-300mm Sports lens at 300mm, F2.8

The small smudge to the left of the comet is the barred irregular galaxy PGC143 a.k.a. Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object.

It took me a long time to find the comet with the Star Adventurer at 300mm - I ended up using my 952mm refractor on my EQ6-R purely as a finderscope to help me find the location amongst visible stars !

Captured with Sharpcap Pro, stacked in AstroPixelProcessor & adjustments in Adobe LR / PS.

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Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN with Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Object, Kelvin Hennessy