The comet and the stars

[petevasey]

On the evening of 15th December comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS was due to pass close to the bright Open Cluster NGC 1528 in Perseus. Unfortunately that evening was clouded out during the short 'window' of darkness before a bright (85%) Moon rose. Fortunately last night (16th) was clear, the comet was still in the vicinity of the cluster although of course not as close, and I was able to capture several images before the Moon again rose later. So this is the result of 12 x 5 minute images using my modified Canon 700D with TSFLAT2 on the Meade 127 refractor. I'd never imaged NGC 1528 before and think it deserves closer attention - at magnitude 6.4 it's certainly a binocular object. I'm surprised that Messier didn't include it in his catalogue.

Cheers,

Peter

 

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by petevasey
Corrected orientation of image. Now North is up.

[andrew s]

A sparkling delight.

Regards Andrew 

[Davey-T]

Beautifully captured Peter, was hoping for something similar here but it won't stop raining.

Dave