Comet Lovejoy 2013 R1 Close-up

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Comet Lovejoy 2013 R1 Close-up
Taken by John Chumack on December 28, 2013 @ John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs, Ohio USA

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Date Taken: 2013:12:29 23:53:17

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Here is my 500mm shot of Comet LoveJoy R1 from Saturday morning at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The Comet was 2.5 degrees South East of 3rd magnitude Star 65 Delta Herculis....Easily visible in Binoculars, looks awesome through any telescope, even telephotos lens capture it well,...but it is very low on the horizon and you only have about an 1 hour of viewing before the light of Dawn sets in!!!! Comet Lovejoy 2013 R1 tail is about 2.5 degrees long, well off the field in this image. The comet is hovering around 5.5 magnitude. This is 7 x 2 minutes = 14 minute total exposure with a Modified (Baader) Canon Rebel XSI & 80mm F6.3, 500mm FL @ ISO 800.

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Thats a free-tampering image: thanks John, for your fine real work!!!

Posted by astromazzo 2013-12-30 03:56:25

Congrats on producing this beautiful image John! I observed Comet Lovejoy in freezing temperatures here in the Portland/Sandy area about a week ago, but only through binoculars and photographed it only with a standard camera lens about a month ago while it was high up in Bootes/Corona Borealis. I need to make the effort to attach the camera to my Nexstar 5i Cassegrain and track it with a telephoto lens. Our freezing temperatures inhibit this here in the NW US now. But your report and image inspires me now to at least site my telescope onto it. Thank you for your concise current report.
Mark Seibold, artist-astronomer-photographer, Portland/Sandy OR

Posted by markseibold 2013-12-30 07:33:37

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