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New Image: 12P/Pons-Brooks 02/08/2024

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So, my mount that I got for Christmas was out of commission. I had to send it back to Celestron for repairs. Something was wrong with the altitude motor. I got it back, and not a moment too soon.

Last night I decided to go out and do a test of the telescope to see if they did fix it. Sure enough, they did. Everything is working now. I took the opportunity to do a test and go to comet 12P/Pons-Brooks.

I found it, and I got several pictures and stacked them through Registax.

Here is the final result.
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All in all, a good astrophotography session.

Jared
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Re: New Image: 12P/Pons-Brooks 02/08/2024

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Yay!!!
That's kinda what my view looked like only a little more colour 🙂


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Binoculars; Celestron Skymaster 18-40 X 80 zoom, Bushnell7-15 X 35 zoom, a couple of older single speed Bushnells that ride around in the car for weather spotting clarification
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Old Meade 1000mm f/11 that was missing the finder scope and ring so I rigged one onto the barrel using duct tape and a bit of cardboard and that actually works and I can count the moons of Jupiter with this one too.
Meade 6" reflector,(really elderly), found at a yard sale, the tube is a bucket of rust and corroded mirror but the mount and tripod will be recoverable so hooray for that.
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Re: New Image: 12P/Pons-Brooks 02/08/2024

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impresive take , thx .
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