Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)
Taken by Mike Broussard on December 17, 2014 @
Maurice, Louisiana, USA
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Finally, a clear night and no trees obstructing the view (I had to cut some down. lol.) Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was easily spotted in binoculars after only a few minutes of searching for it. Its quite a bit brighter than predicted.
I shot some 3 minute, ISO 3200 exposures with a Canon T3 DSLR hooked to my Celestron C8 telescope. They showed Lovejoy with a large, bright coma and a very faint tail.
The image is a quick star-freeze processing job on the 20 sub-images I obtained.
Photographer's website:
http://blog.cajunastro.com
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