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Eliot Herman
Mayhill NM
12/20/2022
08:00 pm

Equipment Details:

iTelescope T24

Post-processing Details:

Astro[iel Procesor and Photoshop

Image Details:

Comet 2020 V2 is the second brightest at this time. It had a partial occultation of galaxy NGC
2276 that was captured in these two images about 40 minutes apart. Each image is comprised 4 x 120 sec. At this scale the comet is moving quickly across the background sky. An occultation of a moderately bright galaxy by a moderately bright comet is infrequent and a photo opportunity.