Comet Atlas G3 in broad daylight
in the Morning sky
January 14, 10:17 am

 
 This
            comet is now 1 day past its closest approach to the Sun (Perihelion)
            and has dramatically increased in brightness. This shot with
            the 10 inch was at 10:17am in the morning with the sun high up
            in the southeast. The tail is more curved now as it zings round
            the sun, and the nucleus was quite bright at around mag -3 or
            so. This is an AVI 1000 frame stack.

            

            
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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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