Comet 101/P Chernykh

Comet 101/P Chernykh is a very faint periodic comet. When the image below was taken, the comet was about magnitude 17 with a very faint tail.

Comet 101/P Chernykh. October 2, 2005.
Combination of 3, 3 minute images, SBIG ST-9XE CCD.
16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.