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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
11/07/2021
05:00 am

Equipment Details:

Celestron XLT 150mm reflector telescope/ZWO ASI533-Pro camera with Baader coma corrector/SkyWatcher EQ6R mount

Post-processing Details:

44 1-minute lights plus calibration frames stacked with DeepSkyStacker; post-processing with SiriL and Photoshop

Image Details:

Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) imaged this morning just before dawn. The comet is currently in Ursa Major and has an observed magnitude of 10.8 - visible with a telescope aperture of 6" or greater. The comet is predicted to brighten until 13 December, at which time it may be visible with binoculars.