Comet 62/p Tsuchinshan. December 16, 2004.
Combination of 3, 3 minute images, SBIG ST-9E CCD.
16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.
Comet 62/p Tsuchinshan is unusual, in that it is not named after the person who discovered it or who first calculated its orbit. Instead, it is named after the observatory in China where it was discovered.