Comet Panstarrs K1 
in the evening sky
May 18th, 2014

 

            
 This comet
            continues to surprise imagers with its twin tails and stunning
            stellar backdrops. Here, the comet is zooming past the bright
            star Chi Ursa Majoris and the edge on galaxy just above it NGC3877.
            The comets teal head is stunning, and you can start to see some
            ray details in the ion tail.

            
Two versions of
            the data are presented below. The top image is a conventional
            shot in full true color. The second image is a negative image
            with the contrast set to best show the long thin tendrils in
            the gas tail.

            
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Lens:  80mm f/4.8 Stellarvue SV80s astrograph
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  L = 60m  RGB = 15m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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