Another astro-session and another comet. This time it was comet Encke that got my attention. Despite being rather low above the horizon in the sunset skies, the coma of the comet was well captured. The poor local transparency barely allowed me to catch a glimpse of the faint tail.
The second object of the session, planet Venus, was greatly disturbed by the poor seeing. Yet, the Moon-like appearance was captured using the 4.5 inch refractor:
maximus photography 