12P/Pons-Brooks 2024-Feb-04 Chris Schur

Now 8.9 magnitude and very low in the north western sky in between Cygnus and Pegasus, this comet will brighten significantly over the next few months. Allready showing a nice ray type tail, the comets greenish head and starlike nucleus is also seen well here. This is the first comet imaged with the new 8 inch RASA at a remote location down the street to be able to see this low in the sky.

Lens: 8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Platform: Ioptron GEM45
Exposure: 11 mins
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature: 35F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

http://www.schursastrophotography.com/newcomets/PonsBrooks020424.html