Image from 23-2-12, comet Lovejoy has reached magnitude 18. This is 9x6 minute exposures with astro 40D at ISO 1600 and Takahashi 160mm f3.3 Astrograph. The galaxy infront of the head of the comet is PGC 16445, mag 16.7 .
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