Great shot I was looking at this same comet last night. What kind of setup do you use? I was looking through Orion 130ST and I didn't see the tail as well as your photo, but lots of light pollution and I am just getting the hang of things (third night with a telescope after about 20 years and first decent scope I have ever owned). On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Quick photo of Comet Q2 Lovejoy last night. The bright star to the right of the comet is Gamma Cassiopeiae (Navi). It is variable binary with the brighter star having a magnitude of +2.18 and the dimmer companion having a magnitude of +10.88. I think the dimmer companion star is at about the 3 o'clock position...very faint. A satellite passed through the field of view to the right of Gamma Cassiopeiae. The diffuse light in the left corner of the photo is the shadow caused by my neighbor's tree.
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