Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2, a wide binocular field west of M45, the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus, on January 15, 2015. I shot this from the backyard at Silver City, New Mexico. The long blue ion tail stretched back for about 8°. This is a stack of 10 x 2 minute exposures with the 135mm telephoto lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Tracked on the Sky-Watcher Sky Guider but without guiding.
This is Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) as shot on January 11, 2015, from near Silver City, New Mexico, using a 135mm telephoto lens for a field of 15 by 10 degrees. The comet was in Taurus. The image records the faint blue ion tail stretching back for nearly half the field, about 5 to 6 degrees. This is a stack of 24 x 1 minute exposures at f/2 and with the Canon 5D Mk!II at ISO 1600. Tracked but not guided with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer.
Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2, on January 11, 2015, shot through the TMB 92mm apo refractor, at f/4.4 for a field of about 4 x 3 degrees. This is a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Shot from near Silver City, New Mexico.
