Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, Josh Loum
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

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Processing some data I got in January of Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2). Stack of 8 45 second ISO 800 exposures.

I used my Canon 6D and Sigma 85mm f/1.4 lens, so there's a ton of chromatic aberration, especially around the Pleiades. I tried to alleviate it a bit by reducing the Blue saturation with Photoshop; not sure if the result is more aesthetically pleasing.

I stretched it quite a bit to show the tail as well as I could. It's cropped a bit to get rid of the worst of the light pollution gradients, but even the full frame still didn't contain the whole comet tail!

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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, Josh Loum