Comet 10p / Tempel 2 and its dust trail
in the morning sky
7/10/26

 

            
 A very rare
            phenomenon to share this week, this comet currently displays
            a preceeding and following dust debris trail seen here as a thin
            gauzy line extending from the comets head in east and west directions.
            This very deep shot also shows the comets brilliant nuclear region
            surrounded by a blue/green coma, but no significant tail. The
            filaments in the background are called "Integrated Flux
            Nebula" and is simply dust clouds in our galaxy illuminated
            only by the disk of our galaxy's hub of yellow stars.

            
Technical Data: 7/10/26,
            11" f/2.2 RASA astrograph, ASI6200mm + Baader LRGB filters,
            Integration time = 1h total, Happy Jack, Az.

            
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Lens:  11" f/2.2 RASA Schmidt
Platform:  Home Made GEM
Exposure:  60 mins
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  10/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  35F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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