Comet C/2025 Panstarrs R3
in the morning sky
3/26/26

 

            
This comet is now
            coming in and will peak in about two weeks to perhaps naked eye
            brightness. Currently is very low in the eastern sky before sunrise.
            Here is was bout 15 degrees up at the end of the shot sequence.
            Look closely at the tail, see the kinks? Those are disconnection
            events where the comet stops producing a tail for a few hours
            then resumes.

            
-Comet: C/2025 R3
            Panstarrs

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

            -Date/Time UT: 3/26/26 11:46 UT

            -FOV: 3 x 2 degrees

            -Orientation: N Sun up

            -Seeing:2

            -Transparency: 3

            -Orig. Scale: 1.9 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: RASA 8 f/2

            -Exposure: 20 min total

            -Camera: ASI2600MC

            -Location: Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  20mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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