45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova & NGC3346
in the Evening sky
Feb 16, 2017

 
 Maybe
            one last stab at this comet, before it fades to obscurity on
            this apparition. With the first quarter moon in a few days, it
            became imperative to spend some time with this extremely dim
            object, now fainter than 16th magnitude and very diffuse. Highlighting
            this field is the gorgeous face in spiral NGC3346 in Leo, a 12.5
            magnitude galaxy with some nice internal details.
 

            


            
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Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph + Baader MPCC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  65m LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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