Comet P/67P  Churyumov - Gerasimenko 
in the Morning sky
November 20, 2015

 
 This
            14th magnitude object, currently near its brightest is also the
            location of the Rosetta spacecraft and has been on my list of
            comets to shoot for a long time! An unexpected ray in the tail,
            which is composed of dust for the most part can be easily seen
            in this image, which spans some half a degree tall. Seeing was
            poor, but the sky was dark and transparent. The comet is in Leo,
            near M95 and rides low in the eastern sky at 3am this morning.

            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  1h L 6m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  3/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  26F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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