Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy has reached its maximum brightness. This is a photo of it last night, as seen under the dark skies of the Eastern Sierra. Knowing where to look (near the star cluster Pleiades) I was able to just make it out with my eyes, then find it with a 70-200 mm lens.
It showed up well in photos captured on a full frame DSLR with 16 – 35 mm lens at 30 mm focal length with no star tracking mount, but for the 200 mm shots I used a tracking mount so the stars wouldn't "drag" in the photo from the rotation of the earth.
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Awesome shot, Jeff!
+Paul Stephens
WONDERFUL
Fantastic shot Jeff!!
Great shot, did you use high ISO noise reduction?
Nice picture. I saw it with binoculars. It is good to compare with the Orion Nebula for brightness, size and contrast. It is more diffuse...
Nice! I was able to capture it on Saturday night even in the middle of Atlanta light pollution, but nothing even remotely as good as this.
+Stephen Rahn, check this out.
Incredible!
NICE!
Well done Jeff. Who knew a guy from Lynnfield would do this?
muy bello:)