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Comet 2023 P1 Nishimura in thin cloud and moonlight

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Comet P1 Nishimura is not visible from my back garden observing location, so I set out to image and view it from a local footpath that has a clear and dark view towards the ENE.

The conditions were somewhat difficult due to the comet’s low elevation, bright moonlight and some patchy thin cloud. The following is the result of 13 x 15-sec exposures at f/4 and ISO 3200 with an EOS 600D and rather ancient Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 lens, on a Vixen Polarie star tracker; frames stacked on the comet in DeepSkyStacker, with curves adjustment, further noise reduction and considerable cropping in post-processing.

Not exactly a stunning result, but it does show the tail!

Regards, Mike.

Nishimura 135mm 3200 d.jpg

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