C/2021 A1 (Leonard) 2021-Dec-21 Eliot Herman

Eliot Herman
Comet Leonard over Tucson AZ on the evening of December 20 2021 (Dec 21 UT)
An outburst of Comet Leonard made it significantly brighter than predicted. This resulted in a great presentation in the Tucson AZ twilight. These images were captured at 6:40 pm in the last of the fading light while the comet was still high enough to be out of the near horizon haze/clouds/

Comet Leonard (upper left in lower panel) was in outburst. Venus is to the right. The scene overlooks Tucson AZ from the foothills. A telescope photo shows the detail of Comet Leonard and the jets emerging from the nucleus. The view from my backyard.

The scene image was captured with a Nikon D850 and a Nikon 105 mm F1.4 lens. The telescope image was captured with a Vixen VSD 100 mm astrograph and a Nikon Z7II camera. The telescope image is 35 x 4 sec stacked.

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