C/2021 A1 (Leonard)

Capture

Sony a7iii 105mm f/4, 5/2 sec ISO 3200 stacked in Deepsky stacker and processed with Photoshop, 30 Dec 2021

Date

30 December 2021

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

2230 × 1726 px

C/2021 A1 (Leonard) was a long period comet, the nucleus was about 1.2 km across. It came within 4 million km of Venus, the closest-known cometary approach to Venus. As of 22 December 2021, the comet was around apparent magnitude 4. This photo was taken on 30 Dec 2021

See it in the comets gallery