10p 20260817 cschur

Comet: 10P Tempel2

-Date/Time Local: 8/16/26 11:02 AM MST

-Date/Time UT: 8/17/26 06:02 UT

-FOV: 94' x 75'

-Orientation: N up

-Seeing: 3

-Transparency: 6

-Orig. Scale: 1.2 arcsec/Pixel

-Instrument: 10" f/3.8 Newt

-Exposure: 90 min total LRGB

-Camera: Atik 16200

-Location: Payson,AZ

Notes:

>Lots of IFN in background

>First time Ive noticed three distinct gas tails on comet.

>Dust trail is fading and becoming wider

>Lots of nice galaxies in this field!

>comet is getting pretty low in southern sky in constellation of PA.

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