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Community photo entitled The Anti-tail of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS by Bree Martin on 10/14/2024 at California, USA 34N

The Anti-tail of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

On 10/14/2024 07:25 pm by Bree Martin| California, USA 34N

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 2024 Bortle 2-3 October 14, 2024 - California 34N
I had a very successful time imaging untracked on this comet and it is my very last image of this comet as I say goodbye. What a wonderful three days this has been and the drive up to the darker skies was worth it. The moonlight was indeed outshining a lot of the tail but the tail was til 25 degrees naked eye and I captured the anti-tail that I wanted so badly so I couldn't complain. These three photos are the best I have and their captions are in the photos themselves. Farewell comet, you weren't "GREAT" but you were a very good comet. I also managed to see globular cluster M5 which is in the tail in these photos as a little grey cotton ball. Comet Olbers were barely visible and I blame the moon entirely. LOL.
Enjoy and thank you! Until the next comet, see you later!

Canon 77D ISO 1600 5 sec x 4 at 300mm F5.6

Stacked and processed in PS