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The comet was <45° from the 3Q Moon skimming the border between Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices. Through 15x50IS binoculars it was a large circular diffuse haze whose center was barely brighter than the edges that in turn dissolved into the sky. No tail was visible. It took the bigger binoculars to cut through the moonlight--my 8x56's couldn't spot it. It's hard to estimate a brightness under such conditions but I'll venture to guess somewhere around 8th magnitude.
Photo data:
Panasonic G9, Askar FRA 600 4.25" refractor, iOptron GEM45G mount
34 x (f/5.6, 60 sec, ISO 1600) = 34 min
N up, W right; FOV ~ 1.6° x 1.2°
Date: centered around 4:30am MST Fri morning, Nov 26, 2021 (= Nov 26, 2021 10:30 UT)
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Paint Shop Pro X2
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