46P/Wirtanen 2018-Nov-09 Chris Schur

This incoming comet could be quite good in the next few months. On this night, thick layers of fire smoke from California in the sky made shooting anything challenging. A few background galaxies in this field in Fornax can be seen here.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure: 60m
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature: 30F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2