Comet C/2025 E1 Wierzchose
in the Evening sky at dusk
2/21/26

 

            
 C/2024 E1 Wierzchose
            last night from a location about 20mi north of Payson where I
            can see low on the western horizon. the comet is about 9th magnitude,
            only 10 degrees up and fading rapidly. This was the last chance
            to see it before its gone. As you may know, it has been spectacular
            photographic object in the southern hemisphere for weeks, now
            we get the faded dregs. Lots of cirrus to contend with, had to
            just keep shooting 1 min subs and hand pick the ones for stacking
            that were not blasted by cirrus. It worked. I took about 55 images
            and got 16 good ones.

            


            -Date/Time Local: 2/21/26 7:25pm MST

            -Date/Time UT: 2/22/26 2:25 UT

            -FOV: 600' x 123'

            -Seeing: 1

            -Transparency: 3

            -Orig. Scale: 1.9 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: RASA 8 f/2

            -Exposure: 16 min total

            -Camera: ASI2600MC

            -Location: Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  16mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5600 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 3/10
Outside Temperature:  35F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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