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Comet Garrard on Aug.11,2011

Sedro-Woolley, Wa.

We tried to get a picture of Garrard with a growing tail.
With almost a full moon about 35 degrees away the sky was very bright and limited exposures to 2 minutes.
Between the bright moon and atmospheric conditions tracking on the comet was not a good as I had hoped for.
We may possibly make another attempt with darker skies some time in the future.
Stretched things as far as possible trying to get the tail to show. Full of noise but better than nothing.
Garrard was in the eastern part of Delphinus.

Hutech Clear Filter 40D,Skywatcher 120ED @ F6.6 Borg reducer (7887)
22 of 24 exposures at 2 minutes each. full exif

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