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NGC300 and Comet, Jay Grevell
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NGC300 and Comet

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NGC300 and Comet, Jay Grevell
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NGC300 and Comet

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What an amazing experience getting to image this comet so close to ngc300. Having already planned to image ngc300 that evening when i heard someone at the star party mention there was a comet i was so excited. I new i was in for a challenge processing being a moving object so close to the stationary galaxy and also imaging in LRGB. Aligning everything was no easy feat. Having to actually remove the stars from all the subframes as part of the procedure something ive never needed to do before but was very effective. I kept the total exposure time fairly low as i wasnt sure i could make it work but i did and am surprised with what i brought out with only 35min lum and 10min each rgb. bortle 3 sky paying off

Hope you enjoy this image as much as i did making it.

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NGC300 and Comet, Jay Grevell