The comets dust tail is now very dominant in this image, seen here as a broad dust fan pointing downwards with a sharp left edge. The gas tail is the blue streamer pointing to the right. Instrument: 10" f/3.6 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector Platform: Astrophysics AP1200 Camera: Hutech Canon Xti Exposure: 26 x 2m = 46m Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing 4/10, Transparency 8/10 Outside Temperature: 20F Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2 |
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