Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, JustinWall
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes around once every 71 years, so go get it if your geography and skies allow. In my Texas observatory, I only had about 20 minutes from dark until my FOV hit the observatory wall. Can't complain as the result from just 22 subs ends up quite nice. 

This is my second time imaging and processing a comet. The first was with mono camera and required a lot more work. This time, with OSC (and short and few exposures) the processing was pretty painless and straightforward. I was surprised that there was no blur since I tracked sidereal and was prepared to use PI comet stacking. No need it seems.

Looking forward to more comets like this one again.

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, JustinWall