2021 wasn't a great year for being able to spend a lot of time with my telescopes given crazy work demands, but I was still able to capture quite a few planetary and deep-sky images, including Comet Leonard's close pass to M3 on December 3rd.
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Globular Cluster M3 and Comet Leonard on December 3, 2021
These are my best Jupiter and Saturn images from this year.
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And my best deep-sky image composite of the year:
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You can watch a video compilation of some of my better 2021 image captures below.