Chasing Comet Iwamoto

Trying my luck at Comet Iwamoto tonight ... supposedly magnitude 7 between 10-13th of February with it's trajectory crossing the Leo constellation. I caught Comet Wirtanen earlier in the year without tracking, so this time I'm trying to capture Iwamoto with tracking ...  hopefully it's in the frame somewhere. I'm using the Sigma Art 135/1.8 on Canon 6D mounted on the Star Adventurer.

Since clear sky is hard to come by on the West Coast, I'm onto the chase ... fingers crossed I got it!

Rapidly moving to the northwest, Comet Iwamoto zips from Virgo to western Leo in the coming week. The open circles mark the comet's position for 0h UT (7 p.m. on the previous date EST) daily; the crosses mark its location at 12h UT (7 a.m. Eastern). Stars are shown to magnitude 7. From https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/comet-iwamoto-ascends-and-brightens/

An attempt without tracking Sony A7S+Samyang AF85/1.4 @f/2.8. So this is basically done with continuous single shots at 1secs exposure to minimize trailing, and then stacked using Sequator.

Another attempt without tracking Sony A7S+Samyang AF85/1.4 @f/2.8

Tracked shots, 95 shots on Star Adenturer 30secs exposure each @ f/2.8, Iso 400 at every 35secs interval, and then stacked on Sequator. We can see that that the Comet Iwamoto moves really fast!

With the current winter weather there are very limited options for travelling to an LP free location, perhaps later in the fall there would be more opportunities to assess the stupendousness of Star Adventurer tracked shooting of the night sky. But then again there is always Tenerife, La Palma ... however dragging gear across international airports becomes a big drag, literally.