Comet Neowise F3
in the morning sky
July 4, 2020

 
 The
            monsoon clouds parted this morning allowing me to get a shot
            of the comet rising over the Mogollon Rim from my balcony. This
            as you know is the southwestern quarter of the Colorado Plateau.
            Easy in binoculars, but not seen visually due to bright twilight.
            This shot is with the 6 inch f/3.6 Cometracker Schmidt newtonian,
            with Baader MPCC coma corrector and is 4 seconds in duration.
 

            
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Field here
            is about 3 x2 degrees


Lens:  Meade 622 Cometracker Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Meade LDX5
Camera: Canon XTI
Exposure:  4 seconds  (!)
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 3/10
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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