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 This is the very first comet shot with the newly rebuilt six inch astrograph. It has a 1.5 degree field with my ST10xme, and is sharp right to the corners at f/3.6 using both a schmidt corrector plate and Baader MPCC coma corrector. I will detail the scope on another page later, but in short - this is the Meade 622 "Cometracker" schmidt newtonian built in 1985 and made **Exclusively** for viewing and imaging comets. Not too many scopes can claim that! This is an RGB image, each exposure is for 3 mins.Lens:  Meade 622 Cometracker Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  9m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2