2014s2 20160504 cschur

 This 8th magnitude comet in Leo Minor is currently the showpiece for the northern evening sky. Both tails seen here image as distinctly cyan colored, indications of plenty of gas being ionised in the comets coma. Note the fine edge on galaxy in the upper right corner - a dim 15.5 magnitude UGC galaxy that presents itself from the side very nicely.
Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  40m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

Page last updated: Sun 2 Apr 08:07:39 BST 2023