Comet Lovejoy Closeup
Taken by Alan Dyer on January 19, 2015 @
Silver City, NM
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D Exposure Time: 300/1 Aperture: Unavailable ISO: 1600 Date Taken: 2015:01:19 21:36:38 |
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This was Comet Lovejoy in a telescopic closeup on Monday, January 19. Compared to a closeup I took two days ago with the same gear the comet looks a little smaller and the tail more narrow, no doubt because the comet is receding from Earth.
This is a stack of four 5-minute exposures tracked on the stars to minimize noise, but with the tail of the comet coming from just one exposure to minimize blurring of tail detail. I used a Canon 6D at ISO 1600. The telescope is a 92mm TMB apo refractor at f/4.4. I shot this from near Silver City, New Mexico.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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