Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) – November 30, 2013

Comet Lovejoy rises at 1 am and is the brightest comet in the early morning sky. Moving through the constellation Bootes it had a 2-degree tail and a half degree diameter head. It passed close to the Earth on November 20. Lovejoy is now moving away and is growing dimmer.

30 images x 120-second subframes, Total= 1 hour. Takahashi Epsilon -180, f/2.8 hyperbolic astrograph, Unmodified Canon 20D DSLR, Astronomik CLS Light Pollution filter, ISO 800, Losmandy Gemini G-11 EQ mount. Acquisition, calibration, alignment, combine and digital development processing by Images Plus 3.82b, Additional processing using Adobe Photoshop. ATMoB Clubhouse, Westford, MA, 30 November 2013.