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Old 11-02-2024, 04:11 PM
Geochron (Jon)
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Two comets

tracked down a couple of comets last night and managed just over an hour of imaging on each (RASA 8, ASI 183MC Pro, Celestron LP filter, 60 second subs, processed in APP and Photoshop using StarXterminator.

144P/Kushida is currently very close to Aldebaran - which provides a nice colour contrast (but processing headache!) - and is visible (from Melbourne) for a few hours after sunset.

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62P/Tsuchinshan is very close to NGC4596 (and indeed a number of small galaxies) and rises around midnight

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The latter seems to have more structure at this time and might benefit from longer exposures.
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