Comet Panstarrs K5 
in the morning sky
March 8, 2014

 
 This
            comet has a peculiar shape. The almost spiral appearance of this
            comet can be best explained by a long dust tail that is curved
            slightly pointing nearly but not quite away from us as this comet
            comes in. Currently around 12th magnitude, it lies in a starry
            region of Hercules riding high at 3am.

            
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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  10m L, 6m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  2/10, Transparency 8/10 sky measures 21.6 mag/sec2
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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