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Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)
Comet Lovejoy taken tonight (24th Jan 2014) from my back garden in South Shields. A race against time before the clouds rolled in...
Nikon D7000 mounted on an Astrotrac, 180mm Prime f2.8 ED lens @ f4, 5 x 90sec exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
Comet Lovejoy is currently 96.2 million km from Earth and the light from it takes 5.35 light minutes to reach us.
Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)
Comet Lovejoy taken tonight (24th Jan 2014) from my back garden in South Shields. A race against time before the clouds rolled in...
Nikon D7000 mounted on an Astrotrac, 180mm Prime f2.8 ED lens @ f4, 5 x 90sec exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
Comet Lovejoy is currently 96.2 million km from Earth and the light from it takes 5.35 light minutes to reach us.