Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event

Image of the day 11/30/2021

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Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24, Dan Bartlett
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Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24

Image of the day 11/30/2021

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Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24, Dan Bartlett
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Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24

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A whopping 442 x15 sec exposures were kept (out of 520 taken) in my attempt to beat the moonlight.  The gibbous moon did do a good job of wiping out the fainter galaxies and much of the comet's tail.

Centered on 05:13:44PST, although not great, I was happy to see this outcome beating the moonlight. 

Glad to see the comet brightening.
Dan

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    Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24, Dan Bartlett
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Another Whale's (NGC 4631) Tail... Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 2021/11/24, Dan Bartlett