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Community photo entitled A comet and a coat hanger by Steven Bellavia on 12/03/2025 at Smithfield, VA

A comet and a coat hanger

On 12/03/2025 06:30 pm by Steven Bellavia | Website | Smithfield, VA

Last night, comet C/2025 T1 (ATLAS) was passing by the Coat Hanger, or Brocchi's cluster.
Also note in the image, is open cluster NGC 6802, to the right of the coat hanger.
If you've never seen the coat hanger, you might be able to see it naked eye, but it is best in binoculars, currently sideways and towards the bottom of Cygnus the Swan, or Northern Cross, in the early evening western sky

William Optics WhiteCat 51 f/4.9 telescope
ZWO ASI 183MC camera
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro equatorial mount

62 x 60 seconds, calibrated, aligned and integrated in PixInsight