Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), deletio
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), deletio
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

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It could have been even better, had bought extra batteries for the mount on my way to the site, as I was going to! The ones I used started exhibiting signs of dying after just 5 minutes of shooting the comet. When I returned to the site with the new batteries, the sky got cloudy, the telescope got foggy and I didn't manage to take any more shots.

Nevertheless, here is a stack of 1min @ ISO3200 + 2min @ ISO 1250 + 2min @ ISO 1600 — I was just trying to figure out the best way to shoot and was going to have a couple hours of total exposure ((:

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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), deletio