Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak, Leo Shatz
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Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak

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Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak, Leo Shatz
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Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak

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I've found an old data set of the 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak comet imaged during March 17, 2017 at DSW observatory (during its closest approach to Earth) and decided to give it a try. It looks more like a fuzzy ball, but it shows some hint of a tail looking down in this image. The result is somewhat noisy looking image with total integration time of 2.5 hours. Working with LRGB data set on this image was less fun than it was with my previous project on Neowise comet last summer, which was captured with one-shot color CMOS camera. It's nice to see few distant galaxies caught in this field of 41P.

41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak comet is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 1.4 kilometers in diameter. It was first discovered by Horace Tuttle in 1858, and re-discovered independently by Michel Giacobini and Lubor Kresak in 1907 and 1951 respectively, it is a member of the Jupiter family of comets.

FSQ106/QSI683wsg/Paramount MyT

L:31x120s,R:15x120s,G:15x120s,B:15x120s

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Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak, Leo Shatz