Galaxy X, Not Comet Lovejoy

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Galaxy X, not Comet Lovejoy
Taken by Chas Robinson on January 23, 2015 @ Big Pine, California

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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5200
Exposure Time: 30/1
Aperture: f/5.6
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Date Taken: 2015:01:26 11:49:00

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I thought I was shooting Comet Lovejoy through the trees, but now I see it's a galaxy, but which one? Nikon D5200 piggybacked on a Celestron C8, 300mm, f/5.6, 25 sec @ ISO6400

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It looks like M33, regards,Aldo.

Posted by Aldosergio 2015-02-01 22:47:32

Yes, thanks. Triangulum! I also identified it, from a line-up of nearby galaxies. Funny, at the time, I considered that Comet Lovejoy had just exploded!

Posted by ChasRobinson 2015-02-01 23:06:23

The comet has moved to the Triangulum region and just north of that Constellations proverbial asterism closing on Andromeda now in the past days, as I too was shooting the Comet Lovejoy in the same region the other night and noticed M33. Many should also take note that if you photograph any region of the sky now away from inner city light pollution, the newer higher sensitive digital camera CCD Light Sensors are easily picking up galaxies far beyond Andromeda and Triangulum. I saw one gentlemans comet Lovejoy photo here a few days ago, as he claimed it was his first. I congratulated him and then I noted for him and others to look at the left region of his photo. It appeared like a small version of the Hubble Deep Field shot. You could easily see several very small [distant] spiral galaxies possibly 10s to 100s of millions of light years in the distance.

-Mark Seibold, Artist-Astronomer, Portland/Sandy Oregon

Posted by markseibold 2015-02-02 01:07:01

Thanks for that info, Mark. That does make sense, as it was my first excursion away from city lights with the C8 scope to use for tracking. With my new Nikon, Im discovering a new level of observation. Next, Nevadas Black Rock Desert should provide some nice dark skies!

Posted by ChasRobinson 2015-02-02 09:50:24

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