Comet 41P / Tuttle-Giacombini-Kresak
in the Evening sky
March 1, 2017

 
 Now
            beaming at 10th magnitude, this incoming comet displays a sharp
            stellar nucleus, a teal coloration and the barest hints of a
            streaming tail - seen in this image to the lower left of the
            comets coma. The comet is brightening quickly and will be a superb
            imaging target in the coming month.
 

            
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Field here
            is about 1 degree


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  62m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  30F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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