Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy
Taken by GIanluca Masi and Michael Schwartz on March 3, 2017 @
Rio Rico
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Date Taken: 2017:04:03 18:04:53
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Details:
The image comes from the combination of five, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the 16″-f/3.75 Tenagra III (“Pearl”) robotic unit part of Tenagra Observatories in Arizona. The telescope tracked the apparent motion of the comet. The imaging camera is based on the KAF-16801 CCD. The resulting image scale is 2.4″/pixel. The ion tail is a truly prominent feature, evolving within a few minutes. Tenagra Observatories & Virtual Telescope Project
Photographer's website:
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/tag/c2017-e4/
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