Comet Lovejoy
Taken by Bill Davis on January 18, 2015 @
Near Crescent, Oklahoma.
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While driving north on I-35 to the Guthrie observing site I saw an amazing brilliant blue-white meteor that must have been over Kansas and I am sure many comet observers saw it too.
Since I arrived long after dark I didn't bother setting up anything except camera on a tripod. There seemed to be a lot of satellites tonite that criss-crossed the comet's field more than once.
For me this is the nicest comet since Comet PanSTARRS two years ago. Very much worth the effort to get out and see it under a dark sky before the moon returns.
I used the same lens to start and finish the session to try and do the 3-D image. The comet's movement was greater than I expected and provides a nice cross view stereo pair.
Photographer's website:
http://https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/billdavis6959/
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