Finally a break in the clouds gave me the chance to capture comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) this evening. It was barely visible to the naked eye, but a nice sight in my 7×50 binoculars. Despite the low altitude and the glare from a full moon, the stack reveals the tail and the anti-tail nicely.

I used a fixed tripod and my fastest f1.2 lens to gather as much light as fast as possible as the comet is moving quickly! I think it may turn into quite a nice deep sky target in a week or so, once it rises higher and the moon becomes less intrusive.

I also brought out the SpaceCat 51 (250mm) to try some closer shots with the star tracker. The comet is moving extremely quickly through the sky. Even with these quick stacks of 15 second exposures (totals of 3.5 minutes) show movement in the core of the comet!