Comet C2006A1 (Pojmanski) on March 4, 2006

 The comet was quite easy to find even though it was behind my neighbor’s trees and it was partially obscurred by thin clouds — not exactly ideal conditions.  Images for the below animation were taken at 05:15 and 05:41 am MST with Nexstar11, F3.3 focal reducer, and Stellacam2 video. Temperature was 34°F;  sky was partly cloudy with thin clouds; turbulence was fair (5/10). As you can see in the animation, the comet is moving quite rapidly north (north is approximately up, east to the left in the images).

Animation showing comet Pojmanski on March 4, 2006 

There is just a faint hint of a tail towards the west in the image below.

Animation of comet Pojmanski on March 4, 2006

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