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Old 03-01-2012, 06:09 AM
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Comet Lovejoy 3-1-12

Hi all,

I went to bed last night with thick cloud cover, so did not set the alarm. Woke up at 3:30 a.m to clear skies and a naked eye visible comet. The tail appeared very long, and was clearer to the naked eye than in 7x50 binoculars.

This image is a 4 minute exposure with 24mm lens at F2 and 20Da at ISO 800

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/38649ce2.jpg

This is the same image, but I tried a gradient removal in photoshop that has darkened the image. I think the first image may show the extent of the tail better.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/43f33fcf.jpg
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