Comet Catalina US10
in the morning sky
December 30, 2015

 
 This
            comets twin tails continues to evolve. Still around mag 6 and
            very near Arcturus around 45 degrees up in the east.
 

            


            
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Field here
            is about 3 degrees wide x 2 tall.


Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s f/6 - AKA "Zeiss APO" - with Televue .8x FR/CC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME CCD
Exposure:  25m L, 6mRGB 
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  5/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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