Coma test for the RF 24mm f1.4L

I received my RF24mm f1.4L two days ago but it has been heavily overcast ever since except for a few minutes this evening. I ran outside and quickly took a few shots before the clouds completely covered up the sky. I was mainly interested in testing for coma because my main use will be nightscapes. Here is a shot. The stars in the upper right-hand corner are semi-distorted by the twigs in the Oak tree, but the stars in the upper left-hand corner were not interfered with. The shot was 10 seconds at f1.4 and ISO 400. I'm not 100% sure I had infinity focus perfect, but the clouds were moving in fast. The first photo shows the full, uncropped image. The second shows only the extreme upper left corner (about 1/8 of the vertical). I can't see any noticeable coma in the magnified image. I imagine others have been able to do a better test than this so please post your test. The weather is not supposed to clear up for another few days. Then I'll be able to take my time and get some nice night sky photos.
RF 24mm f1.4L sky.jpgRF 24mm f1.4L 1-8.jpg
 
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So here is an update on my coma testing for my new RF 24mm f1.4L. I had a nice clear night yesterday and took some photos of the night sky where the entire photo was filled with stars. I then checked the stars in each corner (the lens was shot wide open at f1.4). All four corners showed virtually no coma at all. I've posted a photo below of one of the corners (all four corners showed no coma). To give you a perspective on the magnification, my hi-res display of the entire photo is 13.75" vertical. The corner was zoomed in such that 2.125" was expanded to 13.75. This gives an equivalent print for the whole uncropped photo of 87" x 132" (7.25 feet tall by 11 feet wide). Even at that magnification, I could only see the smallest possible suggestion of any coma at all. Here is the photo of the zoomed-in corner. Obviously, the attached photo is much smaller than it appears on my full screen, but you can download the corner photo at this link here. My conclusion is that at least the particular production sample that I own, shows virtually no coma at all anywhere in the photo, including the corners.Coma Corner.png
 
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A second thank you for sharing the results. I was really hoping that this lenses would do well with coma since I purchased it for low-light landscapes / nightscapes.
Yes. It appears to be absolutely outstanding. I'm very pleased. I don't plan to make any 7 feet x 11 feet prints to hang on the wall, but it is good to know I could if I wanted. I should mention that the testing was done with a R5 Mk II.
 
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