On my blog I share my passion for astrophotography and just about everything else that goes on in the sky, both day and night.
Showing posts with label Lovejoy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lovejoy. Show all posts
Monday, January 19, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
My first photo of comet Lovejoy
A couple of nights ago I managed to get my first shot of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. A total exposure of 39 minutes at a focal length of 180mm. I had a hard time processing the images due to a light polluted sky but in the end I managed to dig out some of the comets long tail. Next time I will go to a darker location to hopefully get more details in the tail.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Comet Lovejoy and ISON update
Yesterday was an exciting day to follow comet ISON through it's passage close to the Sun. I followed the events on NASA:s live Google Hangout and it was exciting to see the development. At first it looked like ISON broke up and that it didn't survive the close encounter with the Sun, but new reports this morning shows that something did survive, so it will be interesting to see what this comet that is full of surprises has in store for us.
Inspired by all the talk of comets I defied the bad weather forecasts for last night and went out to capture another comet named Lovejoy. This is a 4,5 minute exposure of the comet showing it's core and tail. Hopefully the weather will be better soon so I can get better images of this comet.
Inspired by all the talk of comets I defied the bad weather forecasts for last night and went out to capture another comet named Lovejoy. This is a 4,5 minute exposure of the comet showing it's core and tail. Hopefully the weather will be better soon so I can get better images of this comet.
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