C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Taken by Deirdre Kelleghan on January 1, 2015 @
Bray , Co Wicklow , Ireland
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Camera Used: Canon Canon PowerShot SX280 HS
Exposure Time: 1/100
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2015:01:02 14:03:17
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy -
Conditions were far from ideal , it was very windy and cloudy with too much moonlight. In between the cloud gaps I caught a glimpse of the comet in my 10X50 's so I decided to set up my 25X100 's binoculars in hope of a sketch.
Engulfed in Virginia creeper twigs I waited for a break in the relentless fast moving cumulus. The coma was large, the nucleus looked slightly oblong, there was no tail visible to me but the coma was asymmetric in shape, with a tint of green,diffuse at the edges. Nice star field on the edge of Lepus.
Mag 5 -
25X100 Strathspey binoculars on a Manfrotto tripod. White gel pen and pastel on black paper.
Photographer's website:
http://www.deirdrekelleghan.net/
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