Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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Pictures taken with Canon Rebel T5i 700D digital camera, enhanced with Paint Shop Pro

December 21, 2014
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
22x30sec ISO 1600
2 degrees elevation

C/2014 Q2 Next to globular cluster M79

December 29, 2014
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
7x120sec ISO 1600

C/2014 Q2 January 7, 2015
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
300 sec ISO 1600

January 12, 2015
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
5x60sec ISO 3200

January 15, 2015
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
2x60sec ISO 1600

With the Pleiades open cluster M45
January 18, 2015
F/1.8 55mm lens
21x15sec ISO 1600

C/2014 Q2 January 22, 2015
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
6x120sec ISO 1600

February 11, 2015
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
18x60sec ISO 1600

February 22, 2015
Planetary nebula M76 on the bottom
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
10x120sec ISO 1600
Picture cropped to half

Taken at -30 C.

C/2014 Q2 March 8, 2015
With open cluster NGC 457
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
9x120sec ISO 1600

April 18, 2015
With open cluster NGC 463
F/5 80x400mm Refractor
8x120sec ISO 1600

April 18, 2015
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
3x120sec ISO 1600

July 15, 2015
F/5 300x1500mm Newtonian
3x60sec ISO 3200

Photos by Tenho Tuomi, Saskatchewan, Canada