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Originally Posted by Saturnine
Observed and imaged 46P last night from a darkish site near Jamberoo, very windy at times with strong gusts. Had to delete about 20% of subs because of wind shake. Not sure about resolving the nucleus in the 9 X 60 binos but the coma is large and fuzzy. Haven't processed the images yet but in 90 & 120 sec subs, was sure that I could make out the ion tail.
Could also notice the comet moving , relative to the background stars, from the early subs to the later ones, over about a 2 hour period between 11:00pm and 1:00am.
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Looks like you had at least some success Jeff, wish I could have come along. Looking forward to see your processed images.