Comet Lovejoy and Galaxy from Suburbia

[RichardJ]

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]

Nice Clean image Richard!:thumbsup:

The galaxy is NGC 2310 magnitude 12.7 in Puppis.

Cheers,

Justin.

[algwat]

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

Kind regards, Alan.

[RichardJ]

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]

Hi Justin,

Thanks. I thought it was probably NGC 2310.

regards,

Richard.

[cometcatcher]

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