Comet 41P / Tuttle-Giacombini-Kresak
in the Evening sky
April 29, 2017

 
 Now
            moving a rapid pace across the sky near Lyra, this 6th magnitude
            object still has not developed any significant tail.


            


            
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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:  36m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  2/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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