Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

20 x 1 min for 20 Mins total exposure
ED80 F7.5

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/qwUU​4E

Very nice Peter. I'm still waiting for the clouds to clear.

Amazing capture!

Thanks guys. It's pretty easy to find. Looks like a fuzzy star cluster directly above Sirius and right of Rigel
This was stacked in DSS and selecting comet stack. Have to select comet position in each shot for lining up

Desertraptor wrote in post #17354590
20 x 1 min for 20 Mins total exposure
ED80 F7.5

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/qwUU​4E Lovejoy-C/2014-Q2 by Peter Ede, on Flickr

Excellent shot of the comet Desertraptor . Colors right on . Thanks for sharing a very good DSO image .

Thanks Ron
Try wide field tonight. 100mm maybe 70?

At the time I took these, I had no idea about stacking images - still have no idea how to stack one with a comet in it. For the one showing multiple images, I took a lot of pictures from my back yard, with a lot of light pollution, and couldn't get the tail. I used Photoshop to copy the image from January 19th to the other positions where I could only see the coma, then added the information for each position.

The exposure for the base image was: Nikon D5200, 18-55mm lens at 55mm, 98.6 seconds at F:4.0, and an ISO of 3200.

A good and educational effort.
Thanks for sharing.

It's still looking good . Weatherman last week mentioned the comet and showed a sky map showing it getting close to the galaxies near the Big Dipper constellation . That would make for a fantastic image if someone could capture both in one image . Of course you would need a guiding system to be able to capture the galaxie also .

Might have to give the new 6D a run