Comet 41P / Tuttle-Giacombini-Kresak
in the Evening sky
March 24, 2017

 
 Moving
            through a field of faint galaxies in the bowl of the Big Dipper,
            this comet which is currently at 9th magnitude glows an intense
            teal color and has not a trace of a tail. This 1h 45m integration
            time image was taken on a night of less than ideal seeing, however
            without any fine details in the comet this was not too much of
            an issue.
 

            


            
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Field here
            is about 1 degree


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  1h 45m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  2/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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