Comet 10P - Tempel 2 with tail and dust trail
in the morning sky
6/19/26

 

            
 Here is the
            full color version of Comet 10P from the morning of the 20th.
            Here we see the fan shaped cyan colored coma with a sharp stellar
            nucleus within the linear dust trail. The trail is more distinct
            on the right side (west) and seems to fade into the background
            on the left (east) side. Also note the ray like gas tail pointing
            at around the 4:00 position which is about a degree long. Finally,
            the entire background is covered in highly structured integrated
            flux nebulosity. This is not surprising since the eastern side
            of Sagittarius is densely populated with such clouds, and here
            we are just over the border in Capricorn.

            
-Comet: 10P - Tempel
            2 with tail and dust trail

            -Date/Time Local: 6/20/26 1:30am MST

            -Date/Time UT: 6/20/26 8:30 UT

            -FOV: 200' x 134'

            -Orientation: N up

            -Seeing: 10

            -Transparency: 9

            -Orig. Scale: 1.2 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: RASA 11 f/2.2

            -Exposure: 1.5 h LRGB

            -Camera: ASI6200MM + UV/IR 

            -Location: Happy Jack,AZ

            
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Lens:  11" f/2.2 RASA Schmidt
Platform:  Home Made GEM
Exposure:  90 mins
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  10/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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