Comet Johnson V2 with Anti-tail
In the Evening sky in Bootes
6/1/17

 
 With
            the Earth currently crossing the orbital plane of this comet,
            the dust tail is narrow and long pointing in this image to the
            upper right. Faintly seen is the normal gas tail, pointing away
            from the Sun, and to the lower left of the central condensation.
            Right around 7th magnitude, this rewarding comet has been fun
            to watch and change appearance over the months as it approaches
            and receeds from the Earth and Sun. This is with the 80mm refractor
            to get a larger field. Ive made it about one shade lighter to
            make both tails easier to pick out.

            
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Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s f/6 - AKA "Zeiss APO" - with Televue .8x FR/CC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  63m LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 5/10  FIRST QUARTER MOON NEARBY
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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