I imaged this comet on the evening of the 17th June 2017.
Comet 71P/Clark is currently located in Scorpius.
Here is a screen shot from Stellerium showing its location today 20 June 2017.
Comet 71P/Clark was discovered by Micheal Clark at Mount John university observatory in New Zealand on the 9th June 1973 with a brightness of apparent magnitude 13.
It is a periodic comet with a orbital period of 5.5 years.
Set up was as follows.
Skywatcher 102 ALT/AZ Synscan goto.
Canon 1200D(no mods).
ISO 800
30 X 25 second exposures.
30 X 25 second darks.
Stacked with DSS and processed in Star tools.
I could not pick up this comet visually in the 8" dob and that is why I decided to have a shot at imaging it. Was very pleased to see the comet once I started processing!
And here is Comet 71P/Clark.
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