Comet 13P/Olbers
in the evening sky
7/2/24

 

            
 Here is comet
            13P/Olbers now a few days past perihelion. It is at its best
            at this point. Very low in the WSW, you only have less than half
            an hour to get images of this challenging target. Here, I set
            up well before dark and started shooting frames about 15 minutes
            before the end of twilight to try to capture the comets dim tail
            to an advantage. The field here is about 4 degrees wide, and
            at least 5 degrees of tail is recorded diagonally. It is highly
            contorted near the head. Also note the dust fan near the comets
            yellow head as well. In binoculars, it was seen only as a dim
            round glow with a very faint 1 degree or so of very dim tail.
            Get out and see this one, it will be gone very soon!

            
Technical Data: 8"
            f/2 RASA, ASI2600MC, 30 mins, Payson, AZ

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  30 mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5500 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  75F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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