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The scope on its go-to mount found the comet again first in the evening twilight. I ran 4 sequences of 25 subs and used the best sequence here. Both coma and tail seem more prominent in this photo than in the one I took 2 days ago--one can make out a 15' fan-shaped tail with a narrow spine of light down its central axis.
Visually, though, it was just as tough to see tonight with 8x56 binoculars as it was a couple days ago; if I looked away, I then had to search for it again, and after about 15 minutes of hide-and-seek the contrast got too low and I lost it altogether.
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Photo data:
Panasonic G9, Askar FRA 600 w/ 0.7x reducer (420mm FL), iOptron GEM45G
27 x (f/3.9, 10 sec, ISO 800) = 4 min 30 sec
postprocessed in DeepSkyStacker and Paint Shop Pro X2
N up, W right; FOV = 2.4° x 1.75°
date: Dec 19, 2021 6:35pm MST = Dec 20, 2021 1:35 UT (~75 min after sunset)
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