Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Piscis Austrinus (PsA)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet Leonard, Matt Dieterich
Comet Leonard
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Comet Leonard

Comet Leonard, Matt Dieterich
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Comet Leonard

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Comet Leonard as seen the other night through our #planewaveinstruments CDK600 telescope at #observatorioelsauce in Chile.

This attempt, I focused on bringing out detail in the core around Comet Leonard, which is the bright white spot in the green coma.

The green coma contains a mix of various gasses that are liberated off of the comet's nucleus from the Sun's energy.

Captured with a QHY600 using single 60-second images per LRGB filter.

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Comet Leonard, Matt Dieterich