Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 29th December 2014

[Phil Hart]

My last hurrah probably.. been a lot of fun over the last few nights.

Wide and crop to show M79 and NGC1886:

http://philhart.smugmug.com/CometsAndMeteors/Comets

Heavily processed.. some dust some artefacts.. hard to tell which is which!

And animation:

https://vimeo.com/115624255

Wish we still had eight hours dark sky on it but even two shows some nice evolution of the tail near the head.

Phil

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Just superb Phil!

The images are great but the animation is the icing on the cake.

look at that tail change!!!

Cheers,

Justin.

[blink138 (Pat)]

errr.......... yeah, this sorts the beginners forum from the other, everything is clear now, thanks!
fab pic!!
pat

[Peter Ward]

Superb framing, exposure, colour and detail. Simply excellent Phil

[dvj (John)]

Exceptional!

[algwat (Alan)]

Great work, Phil.

The kink in the tail moves along and evolves.
It seems that 2 mins exposure is the right time for this comet.
I need to push my equipment if I get another go at it.

kind regards, Alan.

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

Great image, but the animation is truly special. Thanks for posting.

-Ivan

[Paul Haese]

Certainly one of the best images I have seen of this comet Phil. Cracking detail in the tail and very nicely rendered. The animation is excellent too.

[Phil Hart]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Just superb Phil!

The images are great but the animation is the icing on the cake.

look at that tail change!!!

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin. Wish I could have got more hours on it!

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Superb framing, exposure, colour and detail. Simply excellent Phil

Thanks Peter. I know you don't use those words lightly. I've learnt a lot the last few days but could easily spend hours more re-crunching the data!

Originally Posted by dvj

Exceptional!

Originally Posted by blink138

errr.......... yeah, this sorts the beginners forum from the other, everything is clear now, thanks!
fab pic!!
pat

Originally Posted by algwat

Great work, Phil.

The kink in the tail moves along and evolves.
It seems that 2 mins exposure is the right time for this comet.
I need to push my equipment if I get another go at it.

kind regards, Alan.

Originally Posted by lepton3

Great image, but the animation is truly special. Thanks for posting.

-Ivan

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Certainly one of the best images I have seen of this comet Phil. Cracking detail in the tail and very nicely rendered. The animation is excellent too.

Thanks Ivan, Paul, Alan, dvj, blink, algwat.. appreciate the comments. very encouraging and i am very happy with the results. certainly my best comet imaging and i enjoy looking at it on screen too

Phil

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's superb Phil. Great animation. The tail seems to be very dynamic. Lots going on in there. Hoping to have a crack at it in Jan.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Beautiful Phil, well done

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Excellent images and the animation is great. Love the tail detail. If this is your last hurrah, you've gone out with a bang.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That's unbelievable Phil, very impressive comet imaging Great animation too. It's fascinating how rapidly the tail structure is changing.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Awesome!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Magnificent. And the animation is superb.

[gregbradley]

Terrific shot Phil. That's a ripper.

First time I have seen an animation of a comet showing the tail moving away from the comet. Superb.

Greg.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Wow!! That was so enjoyable to watch. Very inspirational as well Phil, thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Rod

[zardos123 (Brad)]

This is great phil, i am finding that i am watching it repeatedly, it really gives a feeling of turbulance, now if only the weather would clear up here. thanks for the inspiration
regards brad

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Excellent stuff Phil - what awesome imaging!

[h0ughy (David)]

wow another malin for sure there - absolutely awesome animation and images