Comet Lovejoy in Andromeda
Taken by Alan Dyer on February 9, 2015 @
City of Rocks State Park, NM
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 135/1
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2015:02:09 22:36:18
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This was the view Monday night, February 9, with Comet Lovejoy now moving slowly north through Andromeda. From a dark site it is now still visible to the unaided. In binoculars a short tail was just barely visible. But even in photos the comet has lost most of its long blue tail it sported last month.
The view above takes in the W of Cassiopeia at top, and some of the stars of Andromeda at bottom. The Andromeda Galaxy is at right. I’ve arrowed the comet, a fuzzy star green star.
Shortly after I shot Lovejoy’s portrait I shot this image of the evening Zodiacal Light, the tower of light at left. At right is the setting autumn Milky Way. At the base of the Zodiacal Light is bright Venus just setting, with fainter Mars above it.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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