Comet C/2016 Panstarrs R2
in the Evening sky
January 17th, 2018

 
 This
            11th magnitude comet contines to of great interest to comet astro
            imagers as it moves slowly across Taurus in the evening sky.
            A bit of teal colored halo around the coma near the nucleus,
            and then a nebulous gassy blue tail undulating across the half
            a degree wide field.
 

            


            
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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 30m  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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