[BAA Comets] C/2016 R2 passing the Pleiades

[Nick James]

John,

Yes, 2014 Q2 passing the Pleiades was in my mind too when we took this. 
Thanks for posting your image.

Unfortunately C/2016 R2 is a much fainter object but it is amazing what 
modern equipment can do in dark skies.

Nick.

On 10/02/2018 10:03, john_drummond at xtra.co.nz wrote:
> Hi Nick,
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> Nice image. It reminds me of C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) when it was close to the Pleiades in January 2015 – image attached (Canon DSLR, 105mm lens, f2.8, 1 x 5 min exp, 1600 ISO). Your image has R2 on the other side of M45 than where Q2 was in my image.
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