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NGC869 and NGC884 Double Cluster and Comet T2 PanSTARRS, Tristram
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NGC869 and NGC884 Double Cluster and Comet T2 PanSTARRS

NGC869 and NGC884 Double Cluster and Comet T2 PanSTARRS, Tristram
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NGC869 and NGC884 Double Cluster and Comet T2 PanSTARRS

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Just visible in the bottom right of the frame is the small smudge of comet T2 PanSTARRS.

6 x 30 second exposures at ISO200. Nikon D5300a, Esprit 80ED refractor with an L-2 UV IR cut filter, tracked with AVX. Stacked and processed with Nebulosity, Photoshop and Lightroom.

Taken from Bishopbriggs, bortle 8, with very poor seeing through high cloud and a half moon.

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NGC869 and NGC884 Double Cluster and Comet T2 PanSTARRS, Tristram