Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez
12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA
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12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA

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12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez
12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA
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12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA

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This night, rafts of cirrus really wanted to shut down comet photography. But winds were calm, skies dark, and the cirrus bands apparently transparent enough to let some signal through. It's really cool to see those twists and knots riding along the blue ion tail. 3.5° of it is showing in this cropped frame (4.5° in the original). Green coma and warm dust tail showed up pretty well too. Made me want to head out again soon, but winds were way too obnoxious most nights.
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12P/Pons-Brooks
27 March 2024, 7:44-8:29PM MST (0244-0329UT)
Canon EOS R5
William Optics ZenithStar 61 II APO (360mm f/5.9)  
80 x 30 sec. @ ISO 1600
PixInsight and Photoshop

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12P/Pons-Brooks | 27 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez