C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) 2020-Jun-13 Chris Schur

Even after passing orbital plane crossing a few weeks ago, this 8th magnitude comet still shows a peculiar offset central condensation and an almost spiral appearance. Some nice background galaxies - hundreds of them - Are also present in this deep image.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure: 72 mins LRGB
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature: 48F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

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