COMET MCNAUGHT C2009 R1 2010 From The Norman Lockyer Observatory

I was able again last night 15th to capture 2009 R1 at my local society observatory, using my own equipment. This time I took two images one with 30 sec exposures and one with 60 second exposures, I was tracking the comet with a tracking box within envisage the tail is very long and in the 60 sec exposure it shows a second tail just below the comet head.

It was fairly low on the horizon. not visible due to the distant glow of Exeter.

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