Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan 2
in the Morning sky
January 12, 2019

 
 This
            lovely object is now beaming at 15th magnitude in the constellation
            of Crater low in the southern sky. There is no gas seen here,
            just a yellowish tint due to dust. Numerous faint galaxies dot
            the background field. This is an hour exposure with the 10 inch
            Orion Astrograph, a Baader MPCC, and ST10xme CCD.
 

            
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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:  1h 3m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  25F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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