Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson
in the Evening sky
May 13, 2017

 
 This
            bright evening comet rides high in the eastern sky at dark, which
            this time of year is around 9pm. Now in Bootes, this 7th magnitude
            comet boasts a cyan colored coma, tapering dust tail (going to
            upper left here) and a faint gas tail pointing straight down
            in this image. Numerous faint galaxies pepper this frame, which
            is about 3/4 a degree wide.

            
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Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph w/Baader MPCC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: ST10xme CCD
Exposure:  LRGB = 56:2:2:2
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL6, Photoshop CS2
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