Comet Encke - 2P
in the Evening sky
October 6, 2016 - 8pm

 
 This
            Comet is currently near orbital plane crossing, however i did
            not see any trace of this in this long exposure. I did however
            capture the nearly 18th mag comet and hordes of faint 16 - 19th
            mag galaxies in the background. Here Ive labeled the comet, an
            unknown asteroid, and the galaxies I was able to see by zooming
            in.

            


            
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Lens:  8" f/4 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform:  Home made GEM 
Exposure:  1h 10mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  52F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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