I took the 4 shots I've made of this comet and reproduced them at the same scale of 2" of arc per pixel. The first and third shots were taken under clear skies. The second was heavily obscured so not really comparible. The last was taken through a light haze. Exposure times for the luminosity images was 11x0.5", 10x10", 10x10" and 4x60" respectively. All were taken with my 14" LX200R. Missing dates were totally clouded out or I was out of town. It's snowing as I type this so no imaging tonight either.

Rick

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Very cool! I especially like the colors in the last two, and that you can make out the core of the comet.
Once again Rick, Amazing!

Very nice progression shots Rick!

Great series of photos Rick, last one is a beaut! i hope it clears up.

Hi Rick.
Your four photos showing the progression pattern of this comet is super.
Great work, well done. Clear skies to you. Paul

Ya gotta love it! The comet, that is. And, all the others too for that matter. Uh, and, oh,... nice work too, Rick!! I got my first look at it tonight with my 12x binocs - quite impressive!

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Great photos Rick. You capture the full colour range so well. What camera did you use?

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Matt

STL-11000XM I bought it used. Filters were said to be Astrodon but I can't verify that.

Rick

great job!!!

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