There have been
            few comets as strongly colored as this one. The intense Swan
            Bands in the spectrum of this object put forth a very strong
            fluorescent green coloration to the comets coma. The image on
            the left is 11 minutes of exposures stretched to match the appearance
            in the eyepiece. This is a full resolution image with the ST8I.
            The image on the right is a color separate image, combined from
            RGB data. More details are with each image sub page. The comet
            is currently 8th magnitude in Pegasus.

            
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            on the thumbnails below for a bigger view:

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST8i NABG with Enhanced Cooling
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  LRGB = 11:4:4:4 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .8: 1.2
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 10.0 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, , PW Pro

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