In a close encounter of the Mars kind, comet Siding Spring last night was on course for a flyby of planet Mars. I captured this shot with 10 minutes of exposure time and my trusty 60mm refractor. The noise in the camera is almost unbearable and has drowned out much of the signal, so I've really stretched the curves of this image to show up the faint detail. And there in the noise, you can see the comet, a small green ball and whispy tail in the mid left of frame, headed toward the ruddy Mars.
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