Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) through a 60mm refractor - October 27, 2021 (Paul Macklin)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Solar system body or event

$Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) through a 60mm refractor - October 27, 2021$

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Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) through a 60mm refractor - October 27, 2021

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Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) through a 60mm refractor - October 27, 2021

This is my first test night on Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard), which is poised to be a potentially bright comet in December 2021. Looks like the current JPL estimated magnitude is 13.6 (source: https://theskylive.com/quickaccess?objects=cometleonard&data=equatorial-magnitude-time)

This test uses a small 60mm APO refractor (ZenithStar 61ii), so this object is now pretty accessible!

Image processing:
* Stack in AstroPixelProcessor (use comet registration)
* Light pollution removal in APP
* Crop in photoshop
* Light touch in Topaz
(3/100 remove noise, 3/100 enhance sharpness, 5/100 recover original detail, 5/100 color noise reduction)
* Auto-tone / auto-balance / auto-color in photoshop

I drizzled every 3 frames during this acquisition. No calibration frames for this feasibility test.

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Description: Nearby stars labeled for comparative magnitude. 13-14 seems close.

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Description: 60 second un-annotated sub for relative magnitude.

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