New comet Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto (C/2018 V1) showing two tails.  I took this right at the end of the best time for observations before the moon interfered.   Unfortunately, I did not have much time to shoot it, since it didn’t rise out of the low-elevation muck until after astronomical twilight started.   Oh, well… I did my best.   28 subs is not too bad.

I was at my “dark” site shooting this.   Could have gone better.   I had equipment problems and other issues and wasted lots of time trying to get the mount calibrated.  To top it off, my dead-end road spot was invaded by duck hunters arriving before dawn to hunt.   I lost about 10 subs from their vehicle headlights.

Wide-field view of Comet 38P near Kappa Geminorum.  Small comet, but it has a tail and a nice extended coma.  You can see this better in this cropped star-streaks version below:

Here is a more tightly cropped star freeze version:

And, one more with Kappa Gem:

Comet 38P along with comet 46P are both peaking this fall/winter.   38P will stay relatively dim, but at least it has a tail.  This image of it was just a test of the Sony IMX224 on a half-decent comet.

I really wanted to shoot it with my DSLR and I was going to, but the weather changed abruptly Saturday night late and Sunday morning was clouded out.  Heck, it even rained before sunrise.   I had to tear down the rig before the comet was out with the fast change in weather.  Darn the bad luck!