Comet Wild 4 - 116P 
in the Evening sky in Libra next to Mars
May 29,2016

 
 This
            14th magnitude comet defies a precise magnitude estimate, ranging
            from 12 to 16 for the same date and different observers! Here,
            you can see this ephemeral object just to the right of center
            (with the expected position centered) and showing a nice fan
            tail of dust.


            
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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:  12m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  60F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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