Lovejoy on early morning of Apr 15, 2007

Comet Lovejoy on early morning of Apr 15, 2007

Date & Time	Apr 14 2007, from 26:41 to 27:05 JST(+0900)
	Composed 6shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0)
	Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial & Meade Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location:	Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024×2016)
	CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600, White Balance...Auto

The comet Lovejoy in that day has been positioned at eastern region of Sagittarius, can be observed in lower southeast skies. It was bad transparency condition, I could not detect the coma by naked eyes through a telescope. The comet has a coma brightness of about 9th magnitude estimated from this picture, and you can see a short tail in west direction.

Lovejoy on Apr 28, 2007

Garradd on Nov 25, 2006

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