This was taken last night, and viewing conditions will remain strong for at least a couple of weeks more: http://www.activesole.blogspot.com/2015/01/photograph-comet-c2014-q2-lovejoy.html #cometlovejoy #science #astronomy
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Beautiful shot…!!!
Very cool Jeff! I see the EXIF is 200mm did you use a tele extender as well?
Very beautiful sky.
Mto lindo esse céu estrelado.
WOW!
Beauty. Photo
Beautiful to see
+John Getchel. It was shot at 200mm on a Canon 70D, so the effective focal length was 320 mm. If I had added a teleconverter, the tail of the comet would have been chopped off.
+Matthew St.Pierre Ha! Made me look. I'm not one of hte 8 people who have you circled, so I cannot unfirend you.
Ah cool! A definite advantage of a crop sensor!
EXIF says 25 sec. Did you use a tracker to shoot this? Seems like you shouldn't be able to get more than 2-3 seconds at 200mm before blurring. Beautiful shot.
Never mind. I clicked on the blog link in the post, where you explain that you did indeed use a star tracker.
+Jim Reitz On the same night I also shot with a 16-35 mm lens at 24 mm focal length, with no star tracker:
https://plus.google.com/+JeffreySullivan/posts/DGGW4CTGp26
The comet's smaller of course, but I still find it cool to capture in landscape-scale shots. Now if I could just get the clouds to stay away for a few nights…
Cool shot, Jeff! +Phillip Colla and I are going to try to head to some dark skies this week to try our luck.
You definitely should +Garry McCarthy. I saw it a couple of nights ago with my eyes (unaided), then through binoculars. It looks like a white fuzzy ball. I hope to catch it on a clear night or two this week to see if the tail has lengthened and/or brightened.
Unimaginable comet Lovejoy _ white light sournding blue colour light and trailing mild beem light and in numerous gilltering stars. Thank you.
This is a beautiful shot!
Nossa amo olhar para o ceu ..ver as estrelas. ..aqui demais. ..sampa não da para ver…
Thanks everyone! Here's an updated image of Comet Lovejoy, as of last night:
https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/posts/KMjDHzdJC7w
It's currently near the star cluster Pleiades (high overhead at 8:30 pm in mid northern latitudes), and it should remain bright over the next few nights.
Nossa que privilégio vc teve de ver ….muito bom…