Comet Lovejoy Q2 moving at 81, 869 mph
Taken by John Chumack on January 7, 2015 @
Dayton, Ohio USA
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Date Taken: 2015:01:08 14:49:55
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Here are my Images & video of comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 moving through the constellation of Eridanus at over 81,689 MPH or 131,466 km/h relative to the sun.
Comet Lovejoy was at closest approach to Earth on 01-07-2015!!! The comet is 43.7 million miles from earth, and is now moving away from Earth at about 3 miles per second.
No worries you still have time to see it, Comet Lovejoy is expected to get brighter as it is now heading toward the Sun and will reach Perihelion (closest to the Sun) on the 30th of January 2015.
I captured all of these from my backyard observatory in the City of Dayton, Ohio USA on 01-07-2014.
Canon 6D DSLR & 10" SCT telescope, ISO 3200, 10 second exposures, +5 second delays,
Tracking the comet's nucleus for 35 minutes, after stacking all the images in Maxim DL and processing you can see the strong tails extending from the bright Nucleus in the final Still image!
Here is my short video clip tracking the comet posted previously to my twitter feed or you can watch it on my YouTube channel!!
Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 Moving at over 81,689 mph!!!! Closest Approach to Earth!: http://t.co/FrWUBjbSQ8
I created this animated Movie from all 130 images, and is played back at 15 Fps.
Not to mention the subzero temps while I was shooting, PC, camera, & telescope were sluggish, it got down to -2F that night with wind blowing into my dome!!!
Just Brutal!
Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com
Photographer's website:
http://www.galacticimages.com
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