Comet Linear 252P
in the Evening sky in Ophiuchus
May 29, 2016

 This comet is now heading far out into the outer solar system. Currently at 10th magnitude it is a phantom of its former self! This image was taken with the 10 inch f/3.9 for 15 minutes and the comet is the dim glow to the upper left in a rich Ophiuchus star field near the Milky Way.

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Field here is about 1 degree
Compare now to this view of the comet with the wide field six inch astrograph on April 2nd of this year:

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Field here is about 3 x2 degrees
Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector Platform: Astrophysics AP1200 Camera: SBIG ST10XME Exposure: 15m Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing 5/10, Transparency 5/10 Outside Temperature: 60F Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2 HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS