Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma
in the Morning sky
October 20, 2018

 
 Back
            in 1980, I first saw this periodic comet - which was my 9th comet.
            Many hundreds of comets later, I still look forward to seeing
            this solar system denizen, with its short period returning this
            time around 10th magnitude. Surprisingly beautiful teal color
            and with a short stubby fan tail, this returning comet is still
            plenty attractive for deep imaging.


            


            
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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:  15m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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