Comet A1 - Leonard

This celestial visitor is currently at a distance of 57 million kilometers from Earth. It is visiting us after a 35000 year journey from its Aphelion (farthest point of its orbit). It is moving closer to Earth and will be at the closest on Dec 12. Then it will move towards the sun and start its journey out of the Solar system, to be never seen again. Here it is seen passing
the bright star Arcturus. It was difficult to shoot through a thin cloud layer. It made all the stars hazy too.

Sky-Watcher USA - Eq6R-Pro mount
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - ED80T Cf telescope
ZWO Astronomy Cameras - 294MC Pro CCD camera

6 lights - 180 sec each, 20 darks - 180 sec each
40 flats and 40 dark flats - 2.75 sec each
Stacked in deep sky stacker and processed in Photoshop