RASC Hamilton Comet Lovejoy

[Wayne Herd]

Hi everyone, here’s a shot of the comet taken from the parking lot at the observatory tonight (Fri. Jan 17).
While we were getting ready for Gary Bennett’s excellent training session on the observatory equipment, I set up my tripod and banged off a couple of shots of the comet. Conditions weren’t great with cars moving around the parking lot etc. and the focus could be a little tighter, but I got it.

You can see the Pleiades on the left and Comet Lovejoy is the green dot to the right of centre.
Canon 5D MkIII, 32mm, 25 sec. at f2.8  ISO 800

Cheers,
Wayne Herd





 
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