Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 
in the Evening sky
December 27, 2014

 
 This
            comets tail now stretches beyond the six degree length of the
            panorama below, and is becoming an easy naked eye and binocular
            target low in the late night southern sky. The moon is now back,
            and imaging of this comet will have to wait for two weeks to
            be in a dark sky again.



1600 x 1200 here

Lens:  80mm f/4.8 Stellarvue SV80s
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Exposure:  LRGB = 40:12:12:12
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 5/10
Outside Temperature:  25F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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