Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson
in the Morning sky
January 30th, 2017

 
 This
            11th magnitude comet which will be arriving this summer already
            has a superb dust tail, and now the coma and part of the tail
            near the head is showing green emissions. I went deep on this
            one, as to record the numerous galaxies in this field as well,
            which will be shown in another image that I am still finishing
            at this point. Here is the comet with beautifully spectrally
            colored star trails for now. Thanks for looking!

            


            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home built Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  2h LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  28F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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