CometTempel2 still shines!
Taken by Chris Schur on August 16, 2026 @
Payson, Az
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Details:
-Comet: 10P Tempel2
-Date/Time Local: 8/16/26 11:02 AM MST
-Date/Time UT: 8/17/26 06:02 UT
-FOV: 94' x 75'
-Orientation: N up
-Seeing: 3
-Transparency: 6
-Orig. Scale: 1.2 arcsec/Pixel
-Instrument: 10" f/3.8 Newt
-Exposure: 90 min total LRGB
-Camera: Atik 16200
-Location: Payson,AZ
Notes:
>Lots of IFN in background
>First time Ive noticed three distinct gas tails on comet.
>Dust trail is fading and becoming wider
>Lots of nice galaxies in this field!
>comet is getting pretty low in southern sky in constellation of PA.
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