C/2019 K7 (Smith) 2022-Jul-07 Dan Bartlett

I didn't expect too much with the moon past 1st Q. Pleasantly surprised. Your image does indeed capture a fairly long tail especially for a comet 7.5 AU from earth. Time on target 286 x 30 seconds or 2.38 hours
Thanks for the request and once again great catch on your original!
Best,
Dan

Here is the image info for the attached file:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1387.907815 945.059332] px -> [RA: 13 57 02.902 Dec: +66 01 05.28]
Resolution ............... 1.254 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 0.476 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-07-07 08:25:30 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2022-07-07 08:25:59 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 51 N 2360 m
Focal distance ........... 618.27 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 58' 2.2" x 39' 30.8"
Image center ............. RA: 13 57 02.883 Dec: +66 01 05.35
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 14 01 53.778 Dec: +66 20 19.58
top-right ............. RA: 13 52 15.097 Dec: +66 20 47.63
bottom-left ........... RA: 14 01 43.247 Dec: +65 40 50.39
bottom-right .......... RA: 13 52 19.318 Dec: +65 41 17.70

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