Comet Leonard from the 31st December data set.
Comet Leonard from the 31st December data set.
Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) is an inbound long period comet discovered by G. J. Leonard at the Mount Lemmon Observatory on 3 January 2021 - This from the 31st December data set just before the end of the year. Happy New year!!!
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
AUS-2
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
Heavens mirror observatory - Australia
Date of observation
31st December 2021
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Astro Pixel Processor to create LRGB images, Affinity Photo using James Ritsons Macro to combine, then stretched and used the tone mapping persona.
Credits
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Comments
Hi Neil, the image qualifies for the January 2022 contest, remember to include the relevant tags!
https://telescope.live/blog/january-2022-contests