Green Visitor
Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) moves through the constellation Taurus. First found last August, this comet is the 5th discovered by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. Shining at about 4th magnitude, the comet is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, and looks even better in binoculars. The comet is currently 50 million miles away from earth, and it's approaching the sun for perihelion on January 30th. Once it leaves our solar system it will not return again for another 8000 years. In the nights ahead Comet Lovejoy will be approaching Pleiades, the bright blue cluster of stars.
This picture is a stack of 21 4-minute exposures with a 50mm lens shot at f/3.5, ISO 1000. An iOptron Skytracker was used to track the stars.
Green Visitor
Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) moves through the constellation Taurus. First found last August, this comet is the 5th discovered by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. Shining at about 4th magnitude, the comet is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, and looks even better in binoculars. The comet is currently 50 million miles away from earth, and it's approaching the sun for perihelion on January 30th. Once it leaves our solar system it will not return again for another 8000 years. In the nights ahead Comet Lovejoy will be approaching Pleiades, the bright blue cluster of stars.
This picture is a stack of 21 4-minute exposures with a 50mm lens shot at f/3.5, ISO 1000. An iOptron Skytracker was used to track the stars.