Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031  ·  The star 22UMa  ·  The star 24UMa  ·  The star 27UMa  ·  The star 2UMa  ·  The star π1UMa  ·  The star ρUMa  ·  The star σ1UMa  ·  The star σ2UMa
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Widefield around comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs on 18.5.2020, MicRaWi
Widefield around comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs on 18.5.2020
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Widefield around comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs on 18.5.2020

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Widefield around comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs on 18.5.2020

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Widefield around the comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs taken on early 18.5.2020 and shows the comet trail between 0:10 and 1:22. The 46 frames were taken at F=2 and stacked with DSS .

In the picture the comet moved "up" and "to the left", so extrapolating the comets path confirms the foressen meeting with M82 a few days later which in my location happened behind the clouds.

In full resolution also the IFN is slightly visible in the picture, e.g. next to the comet on the left.

The visibility of the comet's tail is poor, therefore I also tried a comet based stack - but with negligible improvement.

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Widefield around comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs on 18.5.2020, MicRaWi