Comet Lovejoy
Taken by Paul Klauninger on January 7, 2015 @
Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada
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Date Taken: 2015:01:10 12:08:23
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First clear night of the new year with the Moon out of the scene in this part of the world. Under a dark sky the comet's head is an easy naked eye object now, with the tail just above the visual threshold as well. Harsh conditions tonight though, with a temperature of -26C and gusty breezes giving a wind chill of -35C. Interesting structural changes seem to be occurring in the tail near the coma. Disconnection event occurs on the following day (January 08).
This image was taken with a Canon 60Da and 200mm lens at F4 on an Ioptron SkyTracker platform. It is a stack of six 30-second images at ISO6400.
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