Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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3.4 x 2.4 Degree Field Encasing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from April 1, 2024, Dan Bartlett
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3.4 x 2.4 Degree Field Encasing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from April 1, 2024

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3.4 x 2.4 Degree Field Encasing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from April 1, 2024, Dan Bartlett
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3.4 x 2.4 Degree Field Encasing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from April 1, 2024

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Quite happy to see the subframes calibrate out.  With a central obstruction of the camera, covering a diameter of 90mm of the 150mm primary mirror of the Celestron C6 SCT, it's a surprise to see any light getting to the camera sensor.  Individual raw frames looked horrible with a central brightening juxtapose to the vignetting taking up most of each subframes image.  I'll try a camera taking up less area in the future for comparison.

I certainly over stretched this image causing a molted effect on the background.  I wanted to squeeze as much "tail" as possible to compare this to the main scope's image previously processed.  The C6 was obviously piggybacked as seen in the below image.IMG_7490.jpg

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3.4 x 2.4 Degree Field Encasing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from April 1, 2024, Dan Bartlett

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