Comet 56/p Slaughter-Burnham. January 7, 2005.
Combination of 5, 2 minute images, SBIG ST-8XE CCD.
18" f/10.5 Ritchey-Chrétien cassegrain at prime focus.
Generally a faint comet, 56/p Slaughter-Burnham is another member of Jupiter's "family" of comets. It can reach about 12th magnitude during a favourable return, however this image was taken, the comet was well past perihelion and around magnitude 16.2.