Comet Churyumov Gerismenko
in the morning sky
Feb 14, 2016

 
 This
            comet is currently 14th magnitude and near Denebola in Leo. The
            comet continues to show a ray type tail, with one side much sharper
            than the other.
 

            
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Field here
            is about 1 degrees


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  LRGB = 16:3:3:3m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  30F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL6, Photoshop CS2
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