Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques), Steve Rosenow
Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques)
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Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques)

Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques), Steve Rosenow
Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques)
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Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques)

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Photographed two nights ago.

Initial data set is a combined stack of 100 30-second exposures @ ISO1600 for 50 minutes total exposure time. 115 frames were shot altogether, but 15 of those were tossed due to poor quality. The final image is a composite of three separate, individual stacks using the three separate stacking settings for comets in Deep Sky Stacker.

This one was a royal PITA to process! Each stack took three hours' processing time, and then another hour to create this final composite (hence the slight star trailing that is present in the ion tail).

Captured using a Meade 90mm f/8.8 refractor @800mm f/l piggybacked on a 10-inch Meade LX200. Imaging camera: Nikon D5100.

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Comet C2014 E2 (Jacques), Steve Rosenow