Inexhaustible Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6)

Posted by Pepe Chambo
on Thursday, October 3, 2013

Object/Date:
C/2012 F6 Lemmon @ 2013-08-10

Tech data:
GSO 8" f/4 Refractor + Canon EOS 350D camera (4×180 sec. at ISO 1600)

Description:
The comet C/2012 F6 Lemmon imaged on August 10, 2013. In spite of have moved away of Sun until 2,4 A.U. and shine with 10,5 magnitude, the comet still shows a magnificent appearance, More over, the closeness of Earth to its orbit plane do possible to see in this image a anti-tail about 0.5º long.

Post link:
http://cometografia.es/2013/08/incombustible-lemmon/

Tags: Comet
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