| OBJECT |
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) (image above is reduced-size | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: ~135 million km |
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| Telescope | Takahashi FS-60C @ f/6.2 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 1x5min L (bin1x1); 2x1min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
8 February 2015 - Las Cruces, NM Took other Luminance data, but the comet was moving so fast it distorted the tail streams some when stacked. Thus, just used a single Lum frame for this result. |
