Comet Panstarrs R3 Two part Mosaic
in the moring sky
4/16/26

 

            
 C/2025 R3 -
            17 degrees of tail

            This is a 2 panel mosaic and covers 18.4 degrees in width. The
            comets tail becomes quite chaotic near the right side, a large
            blue loop could be either some IFN or a plasma tail loop.

            


            -Comet: C/2025 R3 Panstarrs -Date/Time Local: 4/16/26 4:00am
            MST-Date/Time UT: 3/26/26 11:00 UT-FOV: 18.4 x 6.4 degrees-Orientation:
            roughly W up-Seeing:1-Transparency: 3-Scale: 41 arcsec/Pixel-Instrument:
            Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2-Exposure: 30 min total -Camera: ASI2600MC-Location:
            Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2 
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  40 mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  39F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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