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 This morning a special event for this comet - nearly on top of Arcturus, an orange brilliant naked eye star. While the half moon nearby created some unwanted loss of contrast, the comets twin tails were evident in this long exposure image lasting nearly an hour.Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s f/6 - AKA "Zeiss APO" - with Televue .8x FR/CC
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: Hutech Canon Xti
Exposure:  54m
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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