Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)

 

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This image above shows just 4 degrees of the remarkable 60 degrees of the comet's long (and faint) tail.

Below is a cropped close up of the coma.

 

Taken from Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia, January 2nd 2022

Losmandy Starlapse tracker (sidereal rate)

 

Canon EOS-Ra + 200mm F2.0 lens

22x fifteen second exposures.

Image copyright Peter J Ward 2022