Comet 2013R1 Lovejoy on early morning of Nov 29, 2013


Date & Time: Nov 28 2013, from 28:21 to 28:38 JST(+0900)
Composed 9 shots with 2min. exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-P2-FF light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Kujihama, Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO1600




Date & Time: Nov 28 2013, from 28:20 to 28:37 JST(+0900)
Composed 9 shots with 2min. exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor ED 80-200mmF2.8 (f=200mm, F4.5)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D700
Location: Kujihama, Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(2784×1848)
Device Size...DX format (24×16mm)
Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Daylight


The comet 2013R1 Lovejoy in that day has positioned at about 4.5 degrees northwest of gamma Bootis. The comet started to go away from the Earth but approaching to the sun, I could observe the coma of almost same brightness of 4th magnitude with my previous observation. The images can show us that the comet has a well-evolved ion tail with several stripes.
  The 1st image: View angle: 2.4×1.6°
  The 2nd image: View angle: 4.56×6.86°


2013R1 Lovejoy on early morning of Nov 30, 2013
2013R1 Lovejoy on early morning of Nov 23, 2013

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