Comet C/2014 S2 Panstarrs 
in the Evening sky
November 8, 2015

 
 This
            is currently the brightest comet in the entire sky, beaming softly
            at 10th magnitude and just visible in my 8x50 finder. It sports
            a fine dust tail, tawny in color here after a nice teal colored
            coma which has a bit of a corkscrew shape.

            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  29m LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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