Comet C/2025 R3 Panstarrs
in the moring sky
4/9/26

 

            
 Comet: C/2025
            R3 Panstarrs

            
An amazing imaging
            experience this morning, Comet Panstarrs R3 rose in the east
            sporting a thin but long 10+ degrees of tail. This shot here,
            which is 28 minutes in length was with the ultra sharp Zeiss
            Milvus 135mm f/2 lens and ASI2600MM Pro camera. the lens and
            camera were mounted on a new tilting device I designed and 3D
            printed to allow the edge of the frame to align with the horizon.
            (see photo)

            The next week should be interesting, if the clouds allow it.
            After about the 22nd, it will disappear below the horizon and
            never be seen again by the northern hemisphere.

            
-Date/Time Local:
            4/9/26 3:55am MST

            -Date/Time UT: 3/26/26 10:55 UT

            -FOV: 6.9 x 10.3 degrees

            -Orientation: W up

            -Seeing:1

            -Transparency: 3

            -Scale: 23 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2

            -Exposure: 28 min total 

            -Camera: ASI2600MC

            -Location: Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2 
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  28 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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