C/2009 R1 (McNaught)


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C/2009 R1 (McNaught)... finally a decent comet after a "drought" of over a year! Open cluster NGC 752 is below and to the right of the comet.
 
Date/Time:    6 June 2010
Location: Vanishing Point Observatory (OCA Anza Site)
Scope/Lens: Pentax 300mm f/4
Camera: Pentax 67 (Modified) Vacuum Astrocamera
Mount: Losmandy Titan 50
Guider: Borg 45ED / SBIG STV, autoguided on comet nucleus
Media: Medium format Kodak E200, +2 push, cropped
Exposure: 1x20 min.