C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 2014-Dec-23 Chris Schur

Lens: 12.5" f/5 Home bult Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure: L = 22 + 22
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 becoming very active now, still very low in the constellation of Columba, some 15 degrees up in the southern sky from Payson. Here is a two part composite from the SV80 and ST10xme CCD.

Negative image showing very clear tail
disconection event - The large detaching
cloud at the top.

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