Comet 240P/NEAT with companion
Taken by Stephen LaFlamme on November 20, 2025 @
Bridgewater, MA
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With all of the comet craze recently, I took a lone journey to a quiet corner and captured something pretty cool.
Comet 240P/NEAT is a periodic comet with about a 7&1/2-year orbit. Back on October 3rd, it was noted that it has a fragment sidekick orbiting along the main body. A couple of nights ago, I set out to capture this pair.
COMET 240P/NEAT & B
November 20, 2025 3:20 to 5:20UT
Celestron 11” SCT with SBIG STT-8300 monochrome CCD
60 total 120-second exposures (2 hours) 2x2 bin -35C
Processed with CCDSoft, PIPP, and Photoshop 2025
Final field of view is roughly 12’x12’
104 million miles away
Approximately 12th-13th magnitude
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