Still with us, this 7th magnitude object now rides very high in Serpens. The comets fine greenish color is fading, but still present. Curently, the comet is nearing a position on the 26th where the Earth passes through the comets orbital plane. Allready, we can see a faint westward pointing Anti-tail growing longer and more distinct every day. I have a schmidt camera shot of this event taken a few days ago here.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST7E w/Enhanced Cooling
Exposure:  RGB = 5:5:5 (RGB Binned 1x1 and 1 minute subexposures)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .95: 1.8
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FMHW = 2.9 arcsec, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  15 C
CCD Temperature:  -25 C
Processing:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro.

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