Comet Panstarrs R3
in the morning sky
3/20/26

 

            
This incoming comet
            will be peaking in late April around 4th magnitude, and is now
            starting to reveal a beautiful gas tail which here i about 1.5
            degrees in length.

            
Very low in south
            east, 5-10 degrees up during set. Huge amounts of red and green
            waves of airglow in every image probably due to the heat dome
            that is over Arizona right now.

            
-Date/Time Local:
            3/20/26 4:46am MST

            
-Instrument: RASA
            8 f/2

            
-Exposure: 25 min
            total

            
-Camera: ASI2600MC

            
-Location: Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  45mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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