Comets D1 SOHO and Q2 Lovejoy under almost Full Moon
Taken by Maximilian Teodorescu on March 3, 2015 @
Comana (Giurgiu), Romania
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Date Taken: 2015:03:04 19:54:11
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At first I wasn’t sure of the comet’s size and so I couldn’t find the object on the images. Only back home, while processing the frames, I’ve finally realized that the “ghost” of the comet was actually quite large. The size in my images is around 45-50 arc minutes, that is one and a half times the apparent disc of the Moon.
I've also imaged comet Lovejoy and the Moon the same night. The Moon shot was processed to show the subtle colors of the lunar rocks.
All images were acquired using the 65mm APO Refractor (420mm focal length) and Canon 550D. The Moon shots required a 2x TeleVue Powermate. ISO settings were 1600 for the comets and 200 for the Moon. The exposure time for each of the 24 frames for the comet shots (each a 24-frame stack) were 1 to 1.4 minutes. The optical setup was placed onto the NEQ6 mount.
Photographer's website:
http://https://maximusphotography.wordpress.com/
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