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19 June 2010

Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)

The comet is now more difficult to see from my location, so I was only able to get a few short exposures before the dawn light overwhelmed the tail. However, clearer skies meant a better result than that from last weekend. The ion tail projects towards the one o'clock position, right to the edge of the image (and beyond).

Canon EOS 40D ,Celestron C8 telescope
6 x 2-minute exposures at f6.3, ISO 1600. Images registered and stacked on the comet using DeepSkyStacker. full exif

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