Photographer:
Location of Photo:
Mayhill, New Mexico, USA
Date/Time of photo:
17th Jan. 2016 @ 12:03 UT
Equipment:
Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm. f/5.0 & SBIG STL-11000M
Description:
Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) imaged on January 17th 2016, in conjunction with the Pinwheel Galaxy (M 101) at left, and the popular pair of stars Mizar and Alcor surrounded by a bright halo induced by the refractor telescope optics. The comet stands out in center with its greenish coma from which departs a bright dust tail arched toward down, and a long ionic tail more faint toward right, going above the couple of stars.
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