Comet Pons/Brooks
in the evening sky
2/12/24

 
 Here
            is the last dark sky shot of the incoming comet before the full
            moon washes our night sky out in February. Here, it is 7.5th
            magnitude and from Arizona is about 15 degrees up at dark. As
            you know, the more north you are, the higher up it is at dusk.
            The first hints of a broad dust fan can now be seen to the right
            of the comets blueish gas tail. Multiple gas streams are emerging
            from the cyan colored coma, and look carfully to the right of
            the comets blueish gas tail. Multiple gas streams are emerging
            from the cyan colored coma, and look carfully to the right of
            the dust tail and a small spiral galaxy can be also seen.

            


            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  35 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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