Months of monsoon clouds mercifully parted just in time to capture a quick image of Comet Jacques C/2014 E2 at its closest approach to Earth, 0.565 Astronomical Units away. The comet glows at around magnitude 6.8 and can be seen through 10×50 binoculars under clear dark sky.
This is also a long overdue first light image with my newly acquired TS UNC 8” f4 Newtonian astrograph with a carbon tube and Feathertouch focuser. I am happily satisfied with its performance as my medium-field imager at 800mm fl.
