Imaged Comet Lovejoy
Taken by Jim Melka on January 20, 2015 @
Chesterfield, MO in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo
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The detail captured in the Ion tail is extraordinary.
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) est mag 4; Length of Ion tail 2.4° in image; recorded 9 filaments & 1 disconneted .
Sky-90@f/4.5 refractor and a Canon 20D DSLR; ISO 400; Losmandy GM-8 mount; Very transparent skies. Captured
86 30-sec RAW frames for 43 minutes effective exposure on Jan. 20 2015, 03:26 to 04.11UT.
Jim Melka in Chesterfield, MO.
Photographer's website:
http://https://sites.google.com/site/trailtopmarsastronomy/home
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