Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Minor (UMi)
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Portrait of a Polar Comet     (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS), Tony Cook
Portrait of a Polar Comet     (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS)
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Portrait of a Polar Comet (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS)

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Deep image of the comet C/2014 S2 when close to Polaris.

The faint Polaris Nebula is spread throughout this image. It is composed of dust high above the galactic pole and faintly reflects back light from the stars of our galaxy and well as glowing a faint red light re-emitted from trapped IR light.

Version B: Altered the black point and corrected the blues

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  • Portrait of a Polar Comet     (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS), Tony Cook
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    Portrait of a Polar Comet     (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS), Tony Cook
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Portrait of a Polar Comet     (C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS), Tony Cook

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