C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 2014-Dec-22 Chris Schur

Lens: 12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure: LRGB = 29:1:1:1
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 1/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature: 45F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

This comet is just barely naked eye, about 15 degrees up in the south, in the constellation of Columba below Orion. The comets coma is huge, taking up nearly the entire field! The tail is composed of a few narrow rays extending upwards here.

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