Comet Tempel 1 / 9P
in the Evening sky
April 2, 2016
This
14th magnitude comet currently in Coma Bernices is in a field
of hordes of galaxies! The short greenish tail can be see here
pointing downward in this crop of the small part of the full
image surrounding the comet. To the lower right is a faint galaxy
cluster. Check out the 1600 sized image and see tons of faint
galaxies! |
Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure: 60m
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 4/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 30F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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