Comet Jacques  C/2014 E2
in the Evening sky
August 17, 2014

 

            
 This 6.9
            magnitude object is now up high enough to image around midnight,
            and I was able to get in several hours of exposures on this very
            fast moving comet now in Perseus. The tail is very faint and
            ray like, and composed of gas completely. The gorgeous teal colored
            coma in the head is stunning!

            
Two versions are
            reproduced here. The first the comet is located exactly at the
            position of the last frame I shot in a 65 shot sequence, each
            frame 1 minute long. The second image is aligned on the nucleus
            and shows the comets movement in one hour.

            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  60m L, 9m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  60F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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