Comet C/2016 Panstarrs R2
in the Evening sky
January 12th, 2018

 
 This
            11th magnitude comet continues to be amazing. Tonight the tail
            split into two sections, and the head had the beginnings of a
            green leading edge to the coma.


            


            
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Field here
            is about 1 degree


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  1h 18m  BRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 3/10
Outside Temperature:  30F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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