46P/Wirtanen 2018-Dec-03 Chris Schur

This comet is becoming too large to fit in the field of the 10 inch. Such a problem to have! This is a deep 90 minute exposure of the comet with the 10 inch f/3.9 Orion Astrograph.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: SBIG ST10xme
Exposure: 90m
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 30F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2