Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) Passing Polaris
Taken by Bill Burnett on January 31, 2016 @
Hamilton, Montana USA
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Date Taken: 2016:02:01 12:15:42
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The clouds finally parted last evening for a few hours of imaging here in western Montana. Imaging session was conducted from 7:30 to 9:45 pm MST. The inverted image identifies Polaris and the Comet in the star field and reveals some details in the comet's dust tail.
Comet Catalina is now fading as it rapidly exits our solar system.
Bye, bye Catalina - we wish you well as you enter interstellar space. Send us some more bright comets for 2016!
Details:
Camera: Sony A6000
Lens: Canon 70-200mm L Lens
Effective FL: 148mm
ISO: 3200
Image Capture & Processing: Stack of 5 subframes of 88 seconds/each - 440 seconds total, 5 darks, 5 bias frames in Deep Sky Stacker. Final processing in Photoshop CS.
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