This image was created by combining a total of 25 min worth of exposures while guiding on the comet and 90 sec of exposures while guiding on the star background.  The images were blended together in Photoshop using techniques described by Ron Wodaski so as to remove the trailed stars from the comet image.  The comet was near the horizon, so only the brighter coma areas could be separated from the Washington DC light pollution.   Maybe a better image of the tail will appear when the comet is higher in the sky.     Click here to go back.