Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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12P/Pons–Brooks passes Andromeda, TStew
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12P/Pons–Brooks passes Andromeda

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12P/Pons–Brooks passes Andromeda

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My first comet! Well at least since getting serious about astrophotography. Comet Neowise was what got me into this hobby as I tried to shoot it with my dslr on tripod and was frustrated to find out it came out smeared with a long exposure. It was then I discovered what a tracker was and that I could get one relatively cheap and use my existing camera/lenses and start taking photos of deep sky objects!

I chose a wide enough lens/camera combo to ensure I could get Andromeda, I'd like more detail of the comet but couldn't pass up the chance to capture it near M31. Hopefully I'll get another chance to image it later with a bit more focal length.

Edit> I ended up deleting my two originals, as I had forgot to flip them. They now match the orientation they were in setting to the west. I like the presentation this way better anyway. The wide field shot with M31 was registered using normal star registration, and the second process focusing on just the comet was used with comet registration.

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Title: Registered on comet

Description: Used comet registration and processed just for comet details (cropped). Photometric color calibration.

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Title: comet reprocess

Description: Reprocessed the comet-registered image, I thought the first was too green and too saturated. Maybe this one is a bit better.

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12P/Pons–Brooks passes Andromeda, TStew