On the 7th January, early hours beckoned me from my nice warm bed.
\nTime to grab some lunar images before catching the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars before dawn.
\nThen later in the evening, the second comet of the year C\/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) showing some very nice structure in the tail (Oooh Kinky!).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSLRSt_AS_p50_g4_ap359WFlatWeb.jpg\")
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-0535_4-Capture_AS_p50_g4_ap279_Drizzle15WSSatCu-1024x708.jpg\")
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<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-0632_MarsJupiterConjunctionLabelledFlat-812x1024.jpg\")
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/C2016R2-PANSTARRS-20180107-1024x379.jpg\")
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