Comet Lovejoy and Galaxy from Suburbia

[RichardJ (Richard)]

At last a respite from clouds and rain!
I've been following the posts about Comet Lovejoy so went searching last night. Easily visible in 10 x 50 binoculars.

Took this quick shot with my 15cm F5 reflector and Canon DSLR from my home in Carlingford. Also, managed to pick up an adjacent Galaxy - does anyone know its designation?

Also, a couple of very bright Geminids added to a good night.

Hope the comet continues to brighten. Thanks Terry.

RichardJ

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Nice Clean image Richard!

The galaxy is NGC 2310 magnitude 12.7 in Puppis.

Cheers,

Justin.

[algwat (Alan)]

Yep thats a good one.
Interesting the the faint galaxy is there but not the ION tail ?

Kind regards, Alan.

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Originally Posted by algwat

Yep thats a good one.
Interesting the the faint galaxy is there but not the ION tail ?

Kind regards, Alan.

Hi Allan,

With some processing there appears to be a faint tail. I think it would come out better in an image taken from a dark sky location.

regards,

Richard.

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Nice Clean image Richard!

The galaxy is NGC 2310 magnitude 12.7 in Puppis.

Cheers,

Justin.

Hi Justin,

Thanks. I thought it was probably NGC 2310.

regards,

Richard.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice one Richard. Just needs a bit more of a stretch to bring out the tail.