Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet at the tip of Taurus and NGC 1647, Rob Foster
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Comet at the tip of Taurus and NGC 1647

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Comet at the tip of Taurus and NGC 1647, Rob Foster
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Comet at the tip of Taurus and NGC 1647

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This represents an imaging and processing first for me, with image capture using a prime DSLR lens rather than through the telescope.  I was hoping to capture more of Taurus in the frame, but the open cluster looked good on the screen and I was not able to rotate the frame with the fixed DSLR mount (attached on a rail on top of the scope).  I ended up shooting calibration frames then compared the uncalibrated to the calibrated masters, and ended up processing the calibrated image.

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Comet at the tip of Taurus and NGC 1647, Rob Foster