Comet 2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Taken by Sven Melchert on January 5, 2015 @
Stuttgart, Germany
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Bright moonlight, interfering city lights? No excuses to image comet Lovejoy! And it shows a nice ion tail after stacking 60 images, 30 seconds exposed each. (80 mm refractor w/CCD ST-8300).
Viewed in binoculars the comet was 4.5 mag and it's diameter about 15 arcminutes (half the diameter of the full moon). I can't wait to have a look at it without moonlight!
(BTW: The horizontal star trails are caused by geosynchronous satellites.)
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