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 This field is so dense with stars,
            you might think it was taken in the Milkyway. However, the comet
            is located 5 degrees due south - straight up from the Pole star,
            Polaris. With our dark sky site at 7000 feet you can see the
            comet easily naked eye still, around 6.5 magnitude. Two tails
            are still in evidence. At the 11:00 position is the yellowish
            dust tail, about two degrees long here and spreading into a faint
            fan. On the right toward 2:00 is the gas ion tail, about 4 degrees
            long. The field is 4.5 x 6.5 degrees in size.

            
The comets emerald green
            coma is still very active, and still has more in store for astrophotographers
            and visual observers alike !

Instrument:  8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Film:  Kodak Supra 400
CCD Autoguider: ST4
Exposure:  2x8mins
Filters:  NONE
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature:  5 C
Processing: Photoshop,PixInsight
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