C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 2015-Feb-07 Chris Schur

Lens: 12.5" f/5 Newt
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure: L = 60m, RGB = 6m
Camera: ST10xme
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 4/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature: 25F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

The head of this comet is huge, occupying nearly the entire frame of my 12.5" scope! The comet continues its very faint low surface brightness tail, making processing a challenge to retain all features. An excellent comet for the binoculars now, it is not visible easily naked eye in Andromeda.

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