It turns out that there was just a bit too much noise in the high ISO images I took of comet Jacques back on August 26th. Stacking and processing them in PixInsight revealed a slightly better view of the nucleus/coma of the comet, but the improvement was marginal at best. If there is a tail in there I didn't capture it.
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Day 9 - Observatory Build - Polar Alignment
Last evening it was time to do a complete polar alignment (PA) of the mount. With the sky clear (hazy but very few clouds) I set out around ...
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