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C\2020 F8 Swan on 20 April at 5H30. I could not see it through the camera so I focused the telescope on Fomalhaut and entered its coordinates into my goto,took the the first photo....bullseye!
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Nice work Piet!

Glad you are getting some clear skies! Rubbish here.
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Great shot!

I love that green color
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Congratulations Piet on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!

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Beautiful, Piet, dit is wonderlik. Congratulations on the well deserved accolade!
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Nice capture Piet!
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Brilliant capture and a well deserved APOD. Well done!
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Hi Piet. A superb capture of Comet C\2020 F8 Swan. Excellent contrast, and the great celery green color. Thanks for sharing this with us on here Piet, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Very nice image of the comet Piet. Congrats on winning today's award.
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Very Nice Piet! Congrats & on the APOD!
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Great capture! Thanks for sharing!!

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Great work.
Congratulations!
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Great image Piet. Nice processing too. And congrats for the TSS POTD. With comet ATLAS apparently fragmenting those of us up here in the US are probably not going to have the great comet of 2020. I also hear that SWAN may be fragmenting as well.
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Beautiful 😍
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