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. Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960
Negative image to show dust and gas tails more clearly Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960
Mapped color image to reveal faint outer details and symetry in the core Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960
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 HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS