Comet C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS with Dschubba
Taken by Bob Beal on August 30, 2022 @ Central, Utah, USA
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Dschubba is delta Sco, the middle star in the Scorpion's claws.

Weather conditions weren't ideal and did some strange things to my image, like turning everything green, such as brilliant blue-white delta Sco. I did manage to resurrect some red stars, at least. The comet is already green so no problem there. My limiting magnitude also fell short, only about mag 15 (instead of the usual 17)--it would've been cool to have spotted the edge- on galaxy PGC 56500 (mag 16.0) next to the comet: stats indicate that in real life it's nearly a half-billion light years distant and over twice the size of the Milky Way. Compare that to the comet's "mere" 17 3/4 light minutes away.

Aside: The 2 photos are identical but processed slightly differently to compare different displays' brightnesses.

Photo data:
Panasonic G9, Lumix 100-300mm lens @ 300mm, iOptron SkyTracker Pro
... 29 x (f/5.6, 60 sec, ISO 1600) = 29 min
... N up W right, FOV = 1.9° x 1.8°
... date: Aug 30, 2022 10:30pm MDT (= Aug 31, 2022 4:30pm UT)

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