Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 above southern horizon
Taken by John Chumack on December 25, 2014 @
Yellow Springs, Ohio USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2014:12:26 20:36:25
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Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 has cleared the Horizon for us Northern Hemisphere observers..Its bright ~ 5.5 mag and now ~13 degrees above the southern Horizon at midnight.
Comet Lovejoy Q2 just cleared the trees in the south at JBSPO. I captured a wide field 105mm lens shot with the trees to help you all located it, The tail is there but not visible visually, it takes a truly dark sky for the faint ion tail. The photos show multiple tails and a weird twisting or kink in the tail too!
Went out last night to try for it visually, before the Moonlight interferes with observations for the next couple of weeks. It was barely visible to the unaided eye with averted vision, but I have too much light pollution to see it easily, but it does show up well in Binoculars!
Here are my capture details..Comet above the Trees in the South.
Canon 6D DSLR & 105mm lens 20 second exposure, ISO 3200
Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com
Photographer's website:
http://www.galacticimages.com
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