Comet Atlas G3 in broad daylight AT PERIHELION.
in the Morning sky
January 13, 10:17 am

 
 This
            is the comets closest approach to the sun, and was only 5 degrees
            away. Now about -2 magnitude, the comet shows over a degree of
            tail in a brilliant blue sky near the Sun. A ray in the tail
            can be seen on the left side, and also note the curvature of
            the tail.

            

            
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Scope:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian 
Camera: ASI083 CMOS
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure:  50ms
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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