Comet Hergenrother

In October 2012 this comet suddenly brightened from magnitude 15 to magnitude 10 which is 100x brighter. Here it is in Pegasus in a single 2 minute exposure image taken at f3.3 with the 10″ LX200 and the HX516 camera

Here is a stack of 6x1minute images made with Deep Sky Stacker in comet mode

 

Comet Hergenrother on 18/10/2012 around 22:00 BST

Below a video of frames taken over about 15 minutes showing how the comet moves relative to the stars as it orbits the sun.

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