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. A sweet edge on galaxy of 16th magnitude lies in the tawny tail.

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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