Comet Lovejoy with the Pleiades - 18 Jan

[MarkS]

Comet Lovejoy passes the Pleiades.

Canon 600D with 50mm lens at f/5.6   
Stack of 12 exposures of 5min each at ISO 800 then cropped.



Mark

[Carole]

Nice capture Mark, puts it in perspective.

Carole

[Whitters]

I love the detail in the tail, a lovely image

[The Thing]

I love this image.

The funny thing is the comet is actually travelling up the image, the tail is at nearly right angles to the motion.

[Kenny]

Another brilliant image. Love the nebulosity in the Pleiades. Lots of detail in the comet again.

[MarkS]

The funny thing is the comet is actually travelling up the image, the tail is at nearly right angles to the motion.

If you think about it, that's exactly right.  The comet is moving around the sun whilst the tail points directly away from the sun.

[MarkH]

I was waiting for the first image of the two together fantastic Mark.