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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Comet Lovejoy Again

Heres another image of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: Ive got more of them on my processing backlog but I picked this one because its the one with the longest sub-exposures. It was taken from my backyard, in a heavily light-polluted area close to Varese, Italy. Longer sub-exposures tend to show the comets tail better, but at the expense of a sky background thats way more difficult to tame because of light pollution. And indeed, it turned out to be a […]

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Approaching

Discovered in August 2014 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy (at its fifth comet discovery), this comet is putting on a nice show. It is now shining at magnitude 4, therefore within naked-eye visibility, but only under a dark sky, in the constellation Eridanus. During the month of January, the visibility conditions will improve further, as it is rapidly heading towards more northern declinations. (For more info, please check out e.g. Sky & Telescope’s website). I imaged comet Lovejoy on […]

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