Comet Panstarrs S2
in the Evening sky
May 4, 2016

 
 This
            8th magnitude comet in Leo Minor is currently the showpiece for
            the northern evening sky. Both tails seen here image as distinctly
            cyan colored, indications of plenty of gas being ionised in the
            comets coma. Note the fine edge on galaxy in the upper right
            corner - a dim 15.5 magnitude UGC galaxy that presents itself
            from the side very nicely.
 

            
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Field here
            is about 1 degree


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  40m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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