The best you could get is pretty darn good under the circumstances, Dave! Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 4, 2015, at 7:52 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
I purposely overexposed this photo to try to get a look at the tail of the comet. Moon is so bright any tail features are completely lacking in detail. This was the best I could get. If Moon was at its new phase I think one could see the tail extending to the left at about the nine-o'clock position. I could be dreaming, though. The cold froze my brain last night. Joe's correct...this winter imaging is hard on us old folks.
This was a 45-second exposure through the William-Optics 81mm Gran Turismo scope, SBIG 8300C CCD camera, iEQ30 mount. Unguided, no dark subtraction, no bias, no flats.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/16009282607/in/set-72157650118529...
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