See Comet Lovejoy in January


See Comet Lovejoy in January
This was taken last night, and viewing conditions will remain strong for at least a couple of weeks more: http://www.activesole.blogspot.com/2015/01/photograph-comet-c2014-q2-lovejoy.html  #cometlovejoy   #science   #astronomy  
www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

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  1. nagarjuna pJanuary 8, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Hi

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  2. Laura Helena Goulart da Silva SilvaJanuary 8, 2015 at 12:01 PM

    Hi how are you?

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  3. nagarjuna pJanuary 8, 2015 at 12:06 PM

    Good

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  4. Miri AncinezJanuary 8, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    Bellísimo!

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  5. Matthew St.PierreJanuary 8, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    Please unfrend me

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  6. leetoe melchorJanuary 8, 2015 at 12:47 PM

    Beautiful shot...!!!

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  7. John GetchelJanuary 8, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    Very cool Jeff! I see the EXIF is 200mm did you use a tele extender as well?

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  8. Danica MacangaJanuary 8, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    Very beautiful sky.

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  9. Alexandra RochaJanuary 8, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    Mto lindo esse céu estrelado.

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  10. Susan MalcuitJanuary 8, 2015 at 2:31 PM

    Beauty. Photo

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  11. Wim JansenJanuary 8, 2015 at 2:39 PM

    Beautiful to see

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  12. Jeff SullivanJanuary 8, 2015 at 4:04 PM

    John Getchel. It was shot at 200mm on a Canon 70D, so the effective focal length was 320 mm. If I had added a teleconverter, the tail of the comet would have been chopped off.

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  13. Jeff SullivanJanuary 8, 2015 at 4:50 PM

    Matthew St.Pierre  Ha!  Made me look.  I'm not one of hte 8 people who have you circled, so I cannot unfirend you.

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  14. John GetchelJanuary 8, 2015 at 8:48 PM

    Ah cool! A definite advantage of a crop sensor!

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  15. Jim ReitzJanuary 9, 2015 at 4:46 PM

    EXIF says 25 sec. Did you use a tracker to shoot this? Seems like you shouldn't be able to get more than 2-3 seconds at 200mm before blurring. Beautiful shot.

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  16. Jim ReitzJanuary 9, 2015 at 4:48 PM

    Never mind. I clicked on the blog link in the post, where you explain that you did indeed use a star tracker.

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  17. Jeff SullivanJanuary 10, 2015 at 6:35 AM

    Jim Reitz  On the same night I also shot with a 16-35 mm lens at 24 mm focal length, with no star tracker:
    https://plus.google.com/+JeffreySullivan/posts/DGGW4CTGp26
    The comet's smaller of course, but I still find it cool to capture in landscape-scale shots.  Now if I could just get the clouds to stay away for a few nights...

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  18. Garry McCarthyJanuary 12, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    Cool shot, Jeff!  Phillip Colla and I are going to try to head to some dark skies this week to try our luck.

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  19. Jeff SullivanJanuary 12, 2015 at 2:32 PM

    You definitely should Garry McCarthy.  I saw it a couple of nights ago with my eyes (unaided), then through binoculars.  It looks like a white fuzzy ball.  I hope to catch it on a clear night or two this week to see if the tail has lengthened and/or brightened.

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  20. Panduranga G LJanuary 13, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    Unimaginable comet Lovejoy _ white light sournding blue colour light and trailing mild beem light and in numerous gilltering stars. Thank you.

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  21. Susan wJanuary 14, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    This is a beautiful shot!

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  22. motta MottaJanuary 16, 2015 at 4:40 PM

    Nossa amo olhar para o ceu ..ver as estrelas. ..aqui demais. ..sampa não da para ver...

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  23. Jeff SullivanJanuary 19, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    Thanks everyone!  Here's an updated image of Comet Lovejoy, as of last night:
    https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/posts/KMjDHzdJC7w
    It's currently near the star cluster Pleiades (high overhead at 8:30 pm in mid northern latitudes), and it should remain bright over the next few nights.

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  24. motta MottaJanuary 19, 2015 at 1:54 PM

    Nossa que privilégio vc viu tudo isso....

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