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Comet 246P / NEAT ED80 (barely)
After seeing Lee's nice pic through his 8" scope I wondered if I could image it through my short ED80.
If it wasn't for the digital display on my new mount and Stellarium with the latest star and comet maps, I would have had a hard time finding this thing. I think it might be the faintest comet I've shooted to date.
The 2 stars it's sandwiched between are magnitude 15.7 and 15.5, the comet being barely a magnitude or two brighter. It was even hard finding it looking at the full frame shot. 29 minutes all up, Kson ED80 at f5.5, unmodified Pentax K-x, no filters, cropped and resampled 200%.
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