A Comet a Galaxy and an Open Cluster

[Andy Elliott]

Whilst passing through Cygnus on 12th June comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs shared an area of the night sky with NGC 6946 (The Fireworks Galaxy) and the open star cluster NGC 6939 to the upper left of the galaxy. The image has been cropped for framing purposes.

For once we had a clear sky with no Moon interference, so I was pleased to be able to capture this shot; it had been in my diary as a to-do object for quite a while.

The full res version is here: https://astrob.in/nwd7n7/0/

Thanks for looking.

Acquisition:
NINA; 33 x 150s exposures for the comet and background, 20 x 30s exposures for the stars

Gear:
Esprit 100ED telescope
ASI2600 MC camera
Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro mount

Processing:
Mainly in PI following Adam Block’s Comet Academy course
Some finishing touched in PS

 

[JimFox]

Andy, this is awesome! It seems like comets so often are off by themselves, so to get it with a galaxy is really cool I think!

 

[Comet Hunter]

Very cool capture

 

[Mike Lewis]

Wonderful capture, getting both the comet and the galaxy with excellent details. Lovely.

ML