Comet 67P Churyumov Gerasimenko and its
Amazing Anti-Tail
in the morning sky
11/13/21

 
 Now
            at its peak brightness and close to Earth, we are now passing
            through the comets orbital plane and can see a thin very narrow
            line like anti-tail superimposed on the comets head. In the image
            below, this thin line is extending to the right from the teal
            colored coma. It is super faint and very difficult to image with
            the 10 inch, even with this 2 hour exposure. I have personally
            never seen an anti-tail on this comet before, even in past apparitions
            Ive imaged. This is a very special event!

            
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Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure:  120 mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  42F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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