Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 1-17-15, Michael Southam
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 1-17-15

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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 1-17-15, Michael Southam
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 1-17-15

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From my third session imaging Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. I was starting to think I wasn't going to get the tail but a little PixInsight magic and voila. I stacked the frames using Deep Sky Stacker yesterday but barely a hint of tail was visible after a considerable amount of Photoshop. I tried again today but this time stacked with PixInsight. I have tried to stack a comet with PI before but wasn't able to master the process. I used PI to do most of the precessing of this image including background removal, levels and curves. I then used Photoshop to erase the blurred star remnants left after PI stacking as well as to add the stars back in.

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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 1-17-15, Michael Southam