Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Jan13
Another cold night but at least it cleared.
This is Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy on the evening of Monday 2015 January 12th around 19:29EST taken with a Canon Powershot ELPH 120IS camera on a tripod. It is a 15 second exposure at ISO 1600 and very wide angle, showing the Hyades (lower left) and the Pleiades (upper central) at approx 8.6 mm focal length. It was about -10C with a good stiff wind from the north at the time.
This has been a great comet, becoming naked eye in the dark country skies a few days ago. Too bad it has become -28C this morning and will stay that way for a couple of days. It would be nice to get the telescope imager up and running but this weather and temperature is just not conducive anymore.
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy