Comet Panstarrs T2
in the Evening sky
June 13, 2020

 
 Even
            after passing orbital plane crossing a few weeks ago, this 8th
            magnitude comet still shows a peculiar offset central condensation
            and an almost spiral appearance. Some nice background galaxies
            - hundreds of them - Are also present in this deep image.
 

            
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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:  72 mins LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  48F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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