Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013, 



    
        

            Steve Rosenow
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013
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C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013

C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013, 



    
        

            Steve Rosenow
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013
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C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Spiratone 500mm Schmidt-Cassegrain mirror lens
Imaging Cameras
Nikon D5100
Mounts
Meade LX5
Software
photoshop · DeepSkyStacker
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Meade SC 8" LX-5
Guiding Cameras
Nikon D5100

Acquisition details

Date: Nov. 24, 2013

Time: 04:05

Frames: 125

Focal length: 500

Seeing: 3

Transparency: 4


Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3392909

RA center: 13h00m03s.4

DEC center: +42°5812

Pixel scale: 3.512 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.322 degrees

Field radius: 1.329 degrees

Resolution: 2272x1505

File size: 851.2 KB

Locations: Loowit Imaging Observatory, Shelton, Washington, United States

Description

A composite stack of 2 hours' worth of imaging data. Still needs a bit of work, but I think last night was the best night for shooting this comet, and may be the best, for a while. Despite a biting cold and standing outside - in shorts! - for more than two hours (combined set-up and tear-down) time, this was well worth it.

I should also add, I had to change out the battery on my camera with two spares - twice! My camera apparently goes through the battery power like crazy when it's really cold out! It's a good thing I carry a number of spares!

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C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - November 24, 2013, 



    
        

            Steve Rosenow