Comet C/2015 V1 Panstarrs
in the Evening sky
October 21, 2017

 
 This
            14.8 magnitude comet in Aries shows a remarkable amount of tail
            for such a faint object. An hour with the 10 inch shows hordes
            of faint galaxies in this remarkable 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:  60m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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