Comet Pons/Brooks
in the evening sky
2/4/24

 
 Now
            8.9 magnitude and very low in the north western sky in between
            Cygnus and Pegasus, this comet will brighten significantly over
            the next few months. Allready showing a nice ray type tail, the
            comets greenish head and starlike nucleus is also seen well here.
            This is the first comet imaged with the new 8 inch RASA at a
            remote location down the street to be able to see this low in
            the sky.

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  11 mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  35F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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