Comet Finlay 15P 
in the Evening sky
January 24th, 2015

 
 This
            9th magnitude object was faintly visible in the finder, but still
            almost invisible in the 8 inch with a wide field eyepiece. Surprisingly,
            the coma shows a nice green coloration and a beautiful fan tail.
            It is high up in the western sky after sunset, some 35 degrees
            up.

            
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Lens:  8" f/4 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform:  Home made GEM 
Exposure:  30mins
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  22F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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