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2 April 2026

C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS)

Although the comet was fairly bright, at magnitude 6.5, the Moon was full and, by the time the sky cleared, the comet was low in the brightening, morning sky. Plus it was located in the wrong part of the sky for my kit at home - so I just used a telephoto lens on a star tracker. The comet is currently in Pegasus and is brightening, but will soon get lower in the morning twilight.
The slender ion tail is just visible, pointing to the one o'clock position.

Astro-modded EOS 600D,Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 Sonnar M42
16 x 10-sec exposures at ISO 1600 and f/4, with the camera on a Vixen Polarie star tracker. Frames stacked on the comet in Deep Sky Stacker software.
Result post-processed to reduce noise and increase contrast, and very heavily cropped. full exif


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waterfalls man07-Apr-2026 03:41
nice Capture V
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