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 (http://philhart.smugmug.com/CometsAndMeteors/Comets/i-zRk9Pf2)

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]

Just superb Phil!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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

look at that tail change!!!:eyepop:

Cheers,

Justin.

[blink138]

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 :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[dvj]

Exceptional!

[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.

[lepton3]

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]

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



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!











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 :D

Phil

[multiweb]

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. :thumbsup:

[Camelopardalis]

Beautiful Phil, well done :thumbsup:

[Rigel003]

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]

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

[cometcatcher]

Awesome!

[Slawomir]

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]

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

Cheers

Rod

[zardos123]

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]

Excellent stuff Phil - what awesome imaging!

[h0ughy]

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

[strongmanmike]

Great comet photos Phil :thumbsup: now, if you could juuust get it in the same frame as a softly focused rising moon or an arbitrary sail boat....Houghy might well be right :D

Seriously, a great view of this comet you have there :thumbsup:

Mike

[astronobob]

Totally seriouse imagery there Phil - Dig the still lots, very well presented and im lost for word on the Animation, smooth as Ice, stuningly spectacular, visually dynamically tasty, ummm, sure you get the drift <- pun :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[iceman]

That's quite spectacular, Phil. Beautiful result indeed.

It's now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

[multiweb]

Congrats on IOTW. That's a corker. :thumbsup:

[jjz]

Fantastic Work!

[yumenuu]

Really beautiful picture, and I loved the animation.

[Octane]

Absolutely magnificent.

I haven't been around much as of late, but, I'm sure glad I saw this today. :)

H

[rcheshire]

They are exceptional Phillip. Wonderful detail.

[PeterEde]

Trolling the web found this
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/01/12/4161008.htm
Well done Phil

[Phil Hart]

wow.. thanks everyone for the kind comments. very much appreciated.

i've been away at camp cooinda so missed the activity on this thread, but great to read now that i'm back home. i could be mistaken but I think this is my first IOTW on IIS as well - thanks Mike :-)

Phil

[Maurice]

Fantastic result Phil.... congrats!

cheers
Maurice

[CapturingTheNight]

Late to the party on this one here, but as mentioned before- absolutely brilliant Phil! Wouldn't surprise me in the least if these win scientific animation AND solar system this year. Certainly in the top two or three images of Lovejoy I have seen.