C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) 2020-May-24 Chris Schur

This comet has a dim anti tail pointing to the right. You can also see many galaxies in the background, many reaching 19th magnitude. At 8.2 magnitude, this comet is near its peak brightness.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure: 75m
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 20F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

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