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C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei, Okke_Dillen
C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei
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C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei

C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei, Okke_Dillen
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C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei

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Our friend of the year is the comet C/2017-T2 Panstarrs. He will stay with us beyond spring and will even become brighter, what an exciting outlook!

As my skills for a decent comet stacking in PI proved to be unsatisfying - lol - I decided to benefit from its low angular velocity so, I could stack up to 23 frames as usual, 30 seconds each, without getting too much motion blur on the comet. 11.5 minutes in total only and see how bright it is already. I have 61 frames of it, hehe... (if only I'd finally figure out that CometAlignment in PI...)

However, 1600iso and f2.8 were on my side :-)

Be sure to check out this promising comet during the upcoming days/weeks, it will visit several other members of the night sky for a pretty picture! Don't miss it ;-)

Clear skies!

...well, out of the rain again...

Okke ;-)

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C/2017-T2 Panstarrs visiting Trumpler-2 and h&chi-Persei, Okke_Dillen