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The Galactic Menagerie of Comets, Galaxies and Things

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The Galactic Menagerie of Comets, Galaxies and Things Share this image.   View on Astrobin

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Nominated for top pick at AstroBin. On Saturday, March 16th, I experienced an amazing moment as the comet 12P/Pons-Brooks threaded the needle between M33: the Triangulum galaxy and M31: the Andromeda galaxy. As the trio descended slowly towards the Pacific Ocean, the International Space Station (ISS) flew overhead. M45: the Pleiades dangles like a diamond necklace above the brilliant disc of the planet Jupiter. This 20mm shot captured the scene at exactly 9:03pm. At the bottom, you can see the sand of Agate Beach in Newport, Oregon, USA as it stretches to the water. In the distance, a boat shines with a red glow and the lighthouse casts the beam of its beacon through a lower-lying layer of fog. I used a set of 20mm exposures to frame the scene and stacked 10 50mm photographs of the comet and galaxies to boost the resolution.

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Image details

Telescope:   Sony A7R IV
Length:   50mm
Aperture:   25mm
F-stop:   f/2.0
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2024-03-18 to 2024-03-18
Lights:   6
Exposure:   30
Total exposure:   3 m
Ra:   1h 11m 51.2s
Dec:   +37° 22' 08.812
Size:   5142.00 x 3192.00 arcmin
Radius:   050.455 deg
Scale:   037.90 arcsec/pixel
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comets 12P Pons-Brooks (2024) The constellation Andromeda (And) Part of the constellation Cetus (Cet) The constellation Aries (Ari) The constellation Cassiopeia (Cas) The constellation Lacerta (Lac) Part of the constellation Pegasus (Peg) Part of the constellation Perseus (Per) Part of the constellation Pisces (Psc) The constellation Triangulum (Tri) The star Hamal (α Ari) 13 Ari The star Mirach (β And) 43 And The star Alpheratz Sirrah (α And) 21 And δ Peg The star Algol Gorgonea Prima Gorgona (β Per) 26 Per The star Almach Almaak (γ1 And) γ2 And 57 And The star Navi (γ Cas) 27 Cas The star Shedar Shedir (α Cas) 18 Cas The star Caph (β Cas) 11 Cas The star Scheat Seat Alpheras (β Peg) 53 Peg The star Sheratan (β Ari) 6 Ari IC341 IC354 NGC224 Andromeda Galaxy M31 Newport Oregon

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