Comet C/2012 Panstarrs K1 SODIUM TAIL
Taken by Dr Paolo Candy on June 9, 2014 @
Ci.A.O. Cimini Astronomical Observatory - Italy
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The Sodium Tail evident in this comet! I shot with Infrared Filter and no tail of this shape come out. In the image shot with Sodium Filter, the Sodium Tail is visible !!! Is that straight shape rectilinear from nucleus-coma to left slightly down. I used a Ritchey-Chretien Marcon F/8 at F/2.8 with a ST-10XME on 09-10 Giune 2014 11:00 UT about. Moon present and very bright too, comet low enough, clear sky however. Interferential Sodium Filter centered on 589nm and bandwidth of 10nm.
The infrared images are done: 1- centered on stars 2- centered on comet-
Photographer's website:
http://www.hesnet.net/candy
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