Comet Lovejoy

Here is the latest image I took of comet Lovejoy (C2014 Q2) on January 16, 2015.  Instead of at prime focus of my telescope, this image was taken with a Canon 50D and Tamron 18-270mm telephoto lens set at 200mm and f6.3.  Although the comet was high in the SSW sky, the light pollution and the fact that I wanted to be able to capture the faint tail conspired against me a bit.  I pushed the ISO value on the camera to 1600 which added significant noise to the image.  However, I processed it the best I could in PixInsight and PSP and managed to finally image the tail rather well.





Comet Lovejoy - January 16, 2015
Canon 50D 200mm f6.3 63x90sec at ISO 1600 (94.5 minutes)