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This 8th magnitude
            comet is currently near its peak brightness, and will start to
            fade in the coming weeks. A very strong cyan coloration dominates
            this object, the Swan emission bands are strong here. Only a
            hint of a tail is seen as a greenish brightening just below the
            comet, best seen in the smaller images such as above due to being
            a very low surface brightness. The comet is currently very easy
            to find, being within the "Keystone" asterism of the
            constellation of Hercules.

            
Processing:
            30 RGB images combined in Maxim DL, with Photoshop CS2 used for
            final brightness and contrasts.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Exposure:  RGB = 10:10:10
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.11
Filters:  AstroDon RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 4.6 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Gralaks Sigma, Photoshop, PixInsight
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