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 Now
            just barely naked eye low in the south, this comet is coming
            in over the next few months and will make quite a sky show for
            observers in both hemispheres. The comet was seen easily in 11x80s
            as a huge round glow with hints of a fan tail. This short CCD
            image shows the tail, and a sharp stellar nucleus.
Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST8i NABG with Enhanced Cooling
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  L = 6x1m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 4.6 arcsec (Maxim DL - 1 min subframe), Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL,  Photoshop
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