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Old 18-01-2012, 11:58 PM
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Comet Lovejoy and LMC

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......
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