Comet 2014Q2 Lovejoy on Jan 10, 2015


Date & Time: Jan 10 2015, from 18:36 to 19:05 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 2.5min. exposed
Optical: VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC with a conversion lens (f=1278mm, F6.4)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO3200



Date & Time: Jan 10 2015, from 18:27 to 19:05 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 3min. exposed
Optical: BORG 67FL with a conversion lens (f=255mm, F3.8)
with IDAS LPS-P2-FF Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

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



Date & Time: Jan 10 2015, from 19:19 to 19:41 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 3min. exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8 (f=135mm, Aperture: F4.0)
with IDAS LPS-P2-FF Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

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


The comet 2014Q2 Lovejoy in new year of 2015 continues moving northward, the comet in that day has positioned at southern region of Taurus. I could detect the 4th magnitude coma with naked eyes. The direction of ion tail has changed from north to east, it looks that a length exceeds 7 degrees, sticked out of field of view of the images.
  The 1st image has been cropped with an equivalent f=1600mm. (View angle: 0.79×0.53°)
  The 2nd image has been cropped with an equivalent f=300mm. (View angle: 4.25×2.84°)
  The 3rd image: View angle: 9.4×6.3°


2014Q2 Lovejoy on Jan 11, 2015
2014Q2 Lovejoy on Jan 9, 2015

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