Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 
in the Evening sky
January 14, 2015

 
 A
            much brighter stellar looking nucleus tonight, the comet still
            easily seen naked eye around magnitude 4. It has become too large
            to fit in the 3/4 degree field of my 12 inch now.
 

            
 

            
40mm f/5.6 Canon Lens
18 mins - not the greatest lens...

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12.5" f/5 Newt
ST10xme CCD

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Lens:  12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  LRGB = 15:2:2:2
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  2/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  30F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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