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Now beaming softly
            at 5th magnitude in the extreme morning sky, this comet was scarcely
            10 degrees up against a brightening sunrise twilight when this
            shot was taken. This 3 degree field shows the comets tail to
            be of the blue ion type, radiating away from the sun. The head
            is a stunning cyan color, with no dust component visible. 

            
The 10d has the
            perfect color response for comets. While this image had a very
            difficult signal to noise issue with the brightening twilight,
            it did well and noise was controllable to usable levels.

Instrument:  Stellarvue SV80S Refractor
Platform:  Televue GEM
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Exposure:  3m
Filters:  Standard IR Block
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  30F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, PixInsight, Pixmantec
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