Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet ATLAS animation, Pam Whitfield
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Comet ATLAS animation

Comet ATLAS animation, Pam Whitfield
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Comet ATLAS animation

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The last 6 months have been very slim pickings what with crappy weather and now a lock-down keeping me away from my usual spot.

As luck would have it Comet ATLAS is sitting in the sliver of sky I can see from my back-yard so nothing ventured nothing gained....

This is well out of my comfort-zone both for my equipment and processing skills!

With my mono QHY9 deep-sky CCD rig:

lum filter binned 2x2 to increase exposure time without trailing

unguided custom tracking in EQMOD to follow the comet (maximize possible detail in comet at expense of star-shape and size)

2 minute subs taken over a period of 90 minutes

I managed to get rid of most of the hot pixels but not all of them.

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