Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) and a meteor
Taken by Yasushi Aoshima on June 23, 2015 @ Ishikawa, JAPAN
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  Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 30/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 12800
Date Taken: 2015:06:28 10:33:56
 
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I cant catch the ion tail of this comet well in these rainy seasons sky of Japan. But the green coma of this comet is still big. So I think we may catch the ion tail of this comet by sufficient exposure in a fully clear and dark sky. BTW, our earth will go across the orbital plane of this comet around June-29th UT. But I cant catch so long dust tail like Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4) or one before Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) before June-23th. North of this image is lower left. The brightest star is beta UMi. The meteor came out at 25:05:30 JST. Data: EF300mmF2.8L USM, CanonEOS6D, 12800 ISO, 56x30sec stacked (24:42:17-25:12:56 JST), field size: 7.0 x 4.5 (deg)
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Thanks for this great picture! I am so in love with this comet. When do you think that Lovejoy gonna be faded out?
Posted by AmorLovejoy 2015-06-28 09:43:35
Hello Amor! Thanks for your comment. As you know, this comet is already far from the earth and the sun. The distance is almost 2.5 au. But the magnitude is still 8mv and with big coma. It means this comet is still big enough. So I dont think itll be faded out so soon. As long as the coma remaining, we may see it as 10mv comet until October. BTW, I recommend you to see it get close to NGC5907 around Aug-3.
Posted by yasushi A 2015-06-29 10:09:01
 
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