Photographer:
Pepe Chambó
Location of Photo:
Valencia, Spain
Date/Time of photo:
2024 January 6, 18:20 UT
Equipment:
TS-Photon 8" N f/3.6, Atik 383L+
Description:
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks imaged on January 6, 2024, over one of the densest Milky Way regions within constellation Cygnus. With no trace of activity outbursts it experienced weeks ago, the comet now displays a coma of intense green color and a faint tail, masked by the myriad of stars.