Comet Lovejoy C/2013 R1
 From the Balcony observing location 
December 26th, 2013

 
 The
            moon is just under half, about 45% or so, and the comet has finally
            risen higher than last month, now in the constellation of Hercules.
            Around mag 5.5 this comet has developed a long ion tail seen
            here in this composite of two frames spanning 8 degrees. Both
            were 20 minutes each with the 80mm Zeiss APO on the Televue GEM
            mount. The comet can be now imaged in the last hour of darkness
            before the morning twilight.

            
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Lens:  80mm f/4.4 with compressor Zeiss / Stellarvue APO
Platform:  Televue GEM
Exposure:  40m RGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  25F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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