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4472 Flying Scotsman on the Cumbrian Coast on 30/6/1982
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This images was the result of using PixInsight and 62 subs. The comet's movement within 15 mins integrated time resulted in minor star trailing: www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/54069262835.
The anti-tail was recorded with camera settings between iso 160 and 800 and exposure times between 20s and 30s, mounted on an Astrotrac clock drive. I removed most starts in order to boost the comet's structure and magnificent anti-tail.
The field of view is ~ 7.5 x 5 degrees. The entire tail's length was more than 10 degrees and the anti-tail may have been almost as long.
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Both haze and air plus Moonlight on the haze is adverse to a crisp image (note stars). The anti-tail seems to be fading as expected but the conditions do not help its imaging. 1 min 20 sec total integration captured with a Vixen VSD astrograph and Nikon Z8. The comet already appears smaller in the field of view in just two days, it is racing away quickly and will dim as well.
The tail structure is interesting with its central core it has a leaf-like structure. The symmetry is nice.