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Monoceros wide field with comet  4P/Faye, Paul Ricker
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Monoceros wide field with comet 4P/Faye

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Monoceros wide field with comet 4P/Faye

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A wide-field view of the Rosette Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster, Cone Nebula, etc. in Monoceros. Star distortions suggested possible sensor tilt; I fixed them with StarTools. The resulting image is okay as long as you don't zoom in too much, but I'm posting it because I seem to have caught a comet (near IC 448 )! From Cartes du Ciel it appears to have been comet 4P/Faye.

Image produced from exposures taken at the Casitas de Gila guest houses in SW New Mexico.

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Description: Some more care with noise and star reduction.

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Monoceros wide field with comet  4P/Faye, Paul Ricker