Comet Jacques  C/2014 E2
in the evening sky
9/14/14

 

            
 Here I present
            to you two images, both taken on the same night. The first shot
            is a total of one hour with the 12.5" f/5 Newtonian and
            is aligned on the comets motion, showing the stationary comet
            in an incredibly rich Cygnus star field. The comets color has
            now begun to shift towards the blues, and for the first time
            the blue frame was brighter than the green one. This yields a
            "teal" colored comet, with only a hint of dust tail
            to its left side.

            
The second image
            is the same data combined Median, so that the stars are greatly
            suppressed to yield the dimmest details possible in the comets
            tail.



            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  51m L, 6m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  58F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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