Comet Jacques C/2015 F4 
next to M27 - the Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula
in the Evening sky
July 22, 2015

 
 This
            field is in a very rich portion of the Milky Way, and rides high
            about 9pm in July. The comet which is quite faint at around mag
            11 sports a short stubby tail. This fast moving comet typifies
            how challenging it can be at times to image comets - faint, uncondensed
            and moving like crazy! Deep sky imagers wont touch comets usually,
            unless they are really bright. This field is around 3 degrees
            across and the planetary nebula is the oval large object to the
            lower right. The comet is to the upper left.

            
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Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s with Ziess optics
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  30m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  60F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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