Comet Panstarrs K1 in the Evening sky
8.5 magnitude comet in Bootes
April 24, 2014

 
 This
            comet is putting on quite a show in the evening sky now, its
            gracefully curved dust tail now straightening up, and now we
            can just see a thin ray of an ion gas tail pointing straight
            down from the coma in this set of images. All shots with the
            12.5" f/5 and ST10xme CCD camera for one hour.

            
Conventional view of this comet moving
rapidly against the background stars for
a one hour period.  The width of this image
is 3/4 degree.
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Negative image to show dust and gas tails
more clearly
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Mapped color image to reveal faint
outer details and symetry in the core
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  2h RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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