Comet Jacques  C/2014 E2
in the morning sky
August 6th, 2014

 
 This
            is the final color image of comet Jacques from the morning of
            the 6th. Currently at 6.9 magnitude and in Auriga, the comets
            tail was very wispy and faint. Visually, the comet could be seen
            well in the 80mm finder, however only the head.

            
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Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s f/6 - AKA "Zeiss APO" - with Televue .8x FR/CC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  10m L, 9m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature:  58F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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