Actually, there wasn't much planning involved - other than knowing, like everyone else, that the comet was going to fly by "next" to the DC - and there's actually a rather little data (something that's becoming a signature on me, not something I'm particularly proud of BTW!). I also processed it really fast and without much attention to detail, I mainly wanted to get it done so I could "see the view", and also because I have a bunch of data for other two projects that have taken me a lot of effort to capture (read: lots of hours at dark sites, lots of driving, many sleepless nights, etc). Those big cyan circles around many of the stars in the APODed image - among other things - are a testimony of what I just said.
But current events tend to get attention in sites like the APOD, and maybe because I chose the wider field, they found it more interesting than other images that maybe only had the comet and the DC but were likely at much greater resolution, quality etc. I like wide fields because they're "affordable" to me. Did I ever mention I have a VC200L that's just eating up dust in the garage?
Harry, you're correct. I don't sleep, I simply rest, from time to time
