Comet Linear 252P
in the Evening sky in Ophiuchus
May 29, 2016

 
 This
            comet is now heading far out into the outer solar system. Currently
            at 10th magnitude it is a phantom of its former self! This image
            was taken with the 10 inch f/3.9 for 15 minutes and the comet
            is the dim glow to the upper left in a rich Ophiuchus star field
            near the Milky Way.
 

            
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            here for a larger 1290 sized image


            
Field here
            is about 1 degree


Compare now to this view of the comet with the wide field six inch astrograph on April 2nd of this year:
 

            
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            here for a larger 1290 sized image


            
Field here
            is about 3 x2 degrees


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  15m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 5/10
Outside Temperature:  60F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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