Comet  45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
in the Evening sky
March 1, 2017

 
 Now
            becoming extremely diffuse and fading fast, this comet displays
            a tail and coma that is unique in charecter and form. There is
            a short anti tail seen here projecting to the lower left of the
            nucleus, and a very broad gas and dust fan spreading out to the
            right. The field here is 1 degree. Although the nuclear region
            appears distinct here, visually it is not visible and the comet
            is a VERY low surface brightness object.
 

            
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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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