Comet Lovejoy and LMC

[jjjnettie]

I'm so stoked to have managed to image this conjunction with Lovejoy and the LMC. Shot through sucker holes. Only 2x4 min.
Canon 550d @ iso1600
Canon Nifty 50 @ f3.5
I had to use the "dust and scratches" filter to remove most of the stars because they drowned out the comet.

This is the second image of the evening. 7 x 4 minutes of data this time.
Sadly couldn't get the comet as bright as I'd like.
But I did notice this time that NGC 1672 shows as a fuzzy green spot near the head of the comet. :)
And once again I filtered a lot of the stars out to bring out the comet.

The poor old camera was working at 24 degrees. :( 14 degrees above it's preferred temp.
If it's clear tomorrow night, I'll try it with the modded 20D and see how that goes re. noise.

Clewd disappear......

[ballaratdragons]

Wow, it's faint now!!!!!

Fantastic work JJ being able to still capture it :thumbsup:

P.S. Your LMC looks great too. It's one of those images that show LMC as the Barred Spiral that it was :)

[mswhin63]

Really good JJ nice to see it is still out.

[mishku]

Nice, Nettie :)

[Liz]

Great image jjj, very nicely done. :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Beautiful shot, and yes nice to see the LMC turned out so well too.

[Tamtarn]

Considering the comet is very faint now, you've done a fantastic job capturing it so well JJ!
Nice work on the LMC too. The green fuzzy spot almost looks like another comet maybe!!
Barb

[tornado33]

Nice shot and framing, shows just how faint it is.
Scott

[gregbradley]

That's a good shot JJ.

Greg.

[kinetic]

You make it look so easy Nettie :)
Lovely stuff!

Steve

[rogerg]

They look great! nice colour,subtle tones, round stars, and a comet too :)

[iceman]

Awesome shot JJJ! Nicely done.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

Nice job to get that.
I wonder what the magnitude of the tail is?
The only thing I could relate to is the horsehead in brightness.

Cheers,
Justin.

[Forgey]

Nice capture !! Lovejoy is so faint now :(