Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on December 24th 2014
         
     

12" ASA - LRGB

    
      Size: 2000 px    
 
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© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2014
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It is is a long-period comet.By December 2014 the comet had brightened to roughly magnitude 7.4 making it a small telescope and binoculars target. By mid-December the comet was visible to the naked eye for experienced observers with dark skies.

Image details:

Annotation
Center of field RA 05:52:52 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE -30:52:35 (deg:m:s)
Size 1.54 x 1.03 (deg)
Pixel scale: 1.8 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation: Up is -71.9 degrees E of N
Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net
Optic(s): ASA 12" Astrograph @ f/3.6 (Newton)
Mount: ASA DDM85 Standard
Camera: SBIG STL 11000 M
Filters: Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astronomik filters
Dates/Times: 24. 12. 2014
Location: IRIDA Observatory, BG, longitude: E 24 44' 18", latitude: N 41 41' 42"
Exp. Details: L:3x2 min; R:3x2 min, G:3x2 min, B:3x2 min Bin 2, Total Exposure Time - 24 min
More details: Dark frames reduction
Processing: PixInsight / PS
 
Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2013. All Rights Reserved
 
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