Comet C/2025 R2 Swan
in the Evening sky in Pegasus
11/14/25

 

            
Comet Swan is now heading
            out of the inner solar system and now is near orbital plane crossing.
            The primary dust tail is pointing to the upper left, and the
            anti tail (dust in the comet orbital plane viewed edge on) is
            seen pointing to the lower right.

            
-Comet: C/2025 R2 Swan

            -Date/Time Local: 11/14/25 8:00 pm MST

            -Date/Time UT: 11/15/25 3:00 UT

            -FOV: 94' x 75'

            -Orientation: S up

            -Seeing: 2

            -Transparency: 6

            -Orig. Scale: 1.2 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: 10" f/3.8 Newt

            -Exposure: 60 min total

            -Camera: Atik 16200

            -Location: Payson,AZ

            

            
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Scope:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian + Baader MPCC 2 coma corrector
Camera: Atik 16200 CCD
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure:  60 mins LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  65F
Processing Tools:  PI, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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