Tonight was finally clear enough to try and image Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) from the light-polluted western metro area. The comet is currently visible high in the southern sky after the sun sets, and can be observed as a faint greenish glow using binoculars, even here in Golden.
Twenty 4-second images stacked (dark frames) to bring out additional detail in the comet’s tail:
Comet Lovejoy over Golden 1/14/15, 20-image stack (200mm @f/2.8, 4-sec, ISO 6400).
Eight 8-second images were stacked (light frames) to try and bring out some of the comet’s tail:
Comet Lovejoy over Golden, CO 1/14/15, 8-image stack (280mm @f/4, ISO 5000).
