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Photographer:

Icylander2

Location of Photo:

Denver, Colorado

Date/Time of photo:

0114UT 11/12/2015

Equipment:

6" SCT f/10, SBIG STF-8300M

Description:

Comet 22P Kopff visually passing through the Trifid Nebula M20. Imaged shortly after sunset due to low altitude (8 degrees) of the comet in the southwest. 300 second exposure to properly expose the nebula and comet, but not smear the comet due to it's moving at 2 arc minutes per hour.

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