Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs and M10, Mark L Mitchell
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Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs and M10

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Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs and M10, Mark L Mitchell
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Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs and M10

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1h RGB data. Processing comet images has always been very difficult for me. In this case, I shot through some very murky skies which occasionally completely clouded over. I would pause the imaging sequence but then the comet's positions would be irregular further complicating processing.  The tail was most difficult since it was actually larger than shown here, but it is only an hour of data, and the fade out of the tail was hard to reproduce while integrating the star and comet images. I think it ended up looking a little artificial. It would have been nice to have another hour or so of luminance, but it was not to be. I'll try again later.

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Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs and M10, Mark L Mitchell

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