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Comet Lovejoy: 2.5 Hours of Time-lapse Video, 640mm Focal Length

The video I threw together after shooting last night includes hours captured at 640 mm effective focal length. I can't wait to shoot the comet again tonight!

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19 thoughts on “Comet Lovejoy: 2.5 Hours of Time-lapse Video, 640mm Focal Length”

  1. +Jim Harrington Yes, the comet was just making its closest pass to the sun, but much of the tail is blown outward by the solar wind, so it points directly out from the sun, at roughly a right angle to the comet's trajectory when it reaches perihelion (the point in its orbit when it is closest to the sun). Often a second tail develops of charged particles influenced by the magnetic field of the sun.

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