Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
Taken by José J. Chambó on February 19, 2017 @ Mayhill, New Mexico
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Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova sails on the dark sky again, away from the Moon, rides the constellation Canes Venatici, at its right side the Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) seems ascend in the field. A little more up float the Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656), an exotic irregular galaxy. The comet still shows a big coma with intense green color, at same time that deploys a dust tail toward west (downwards). Takahashi FSQ-106ED 530mm f/5 & SBIG STL-11000M (L:3×120s Bin1+ RGB:1x60s Bin2)
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Gorgeous image!

DZ
Posted by owleye1 2017-02-20 08:53:10
 
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