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Community photo entitled  by Peter Forister on 11/08/2021 at Charlottesville, VA, USA

On 11/08/2021 01:00 am by Peter Forister| Charlottesville, VA, USA

This is a DSLR shot of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (mag +9.8) with a nice 1°+ tail. The comet is at peak brightness the week of November 8th, and I captured this shot in the early morning hours from Charlottesville, VA in the northeastern sky. The elongated star trails are a stacking artifact from the comet's apparent motion in the night sky.

Canon Rebel t6, SkyWatcher Adventurer 2i tracker, Sigma 100-400mm lens, external power pack, intervalometer. 30x 60" subs. 400mm, iso1600, f/8

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker (comet mode), stretched in Adobe Photoshop, and contrast/color adjusted in Adobe Lightroom