Lovejoy with tail in moonlight 6 Jan 2015

[MarkS]

This was difficult to process - strong moonlight gradients and the tail is very faint.  However I've managed to extract some tail detail.
Canon 350D on Tak Epsilon 180ED
50 x 1minute at ISO 800



It's the same field of view as my 28 Dec image.  So it looks like the coma has grown by quite a lot.

Mark

[Kenny]

Awesome!   

[JohnP]

Nice Mark... I prefer shots of comet like this with the star-field shifted (as opposed to static background) - gives image a sense of speed - Nice - John

[Carole]

Great job

Carole

[Ivor]

Well done, I look forward to seeing the efforts when the moon is out of the way.

[Mike]

Great image Mark. That thing must be moving fast.

[RobertM]

Lovely image !

[The Thing]

I've been admiring everyone's great Lovejoy images and went down to the local beach this evening with my 80x20s - it was stunning, very green with a hint of tail. Didn't have time to set up the camera before it started clouding over as I spent too long just looking. Maybe tomorrow...

[JohnP]

I'm taking it that's not a Beckenham beach...

[The Thing]

Sorry about the thread deviation. Nah. I don't live in Beckenham much any more

Should get another chance at the comet on Saturday night. I have set up a rig on my Star Adventurer with two Canons using APT 2.70 in client & servers mode to sync the exposures. Either that or I'll get arrested for aiming two canons in the genral direction of the Gendarmerie :}

I'll be back for the next meeting if they don't lock down the ports.