Comet C/2018 Y1 - Iwamoto
in the Evening sky
February 28, 2019

 
 This
            7th magnitude object in Auriga is in a rich Auriga starfield,
            with emission nebulosity. I composed this shot to best frame
            a field of bright stars and the nebulosity. The comets short
            fan/ray type gas tail is a bit better than last week.


            
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            here for a larger 1400 sized image


            
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:  60m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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