Comet Lovejoy Q2

[Davey-T]

Did 20secs at ISO1600 as it's more or less straight up so get plenty of stars, looks like the cloud may be going over now so fingers crossed.

Dave

[Stu]

Lovely clear skies here too at the moment, but bitterly cold wind!

Very nice views in the 106/21 Ethos with Almach sharing the view. Comet and a lovely double together, can't be bad [emoji3]

The tail was not really visible, but whenever I try to estimate which direction it is in, I'm always right so it must be detectable.

[John]

I could not be sure about the tail direction with the 102mm Vixen I'm using tonight Stu. There were hints when I used averted vision but nothing definite. It does make a really nice pairing with Almach though

I keep popping in to watch some rugby and now a documentary on Genesis (the band) has started too, as another distraction

I'm multi-tasking - doing a number of things not very well !!!

[kerrylewis]

Good view tonight. The comet was very close to a star and I could detect movement over an hour or two. I am (almost ) sure I could detect a tail but, as usual, perhaps not. Tail or no tail it's been good to follow such a long - lasting comet. Alas 100% cloud now but good while it lasted

[Pete Presland]

Still clear here Kerry, but sounds like thats not going to last long! Yes easy spot still in the 15x70s tonight.

[happy-kat]

Great evening watching it. Too low and in the neighbours hedge now.

[DRT]

in the neighbours hedge now.

Not the best observing position

Must find time to have another look before we lose it.

[Davey-T]

Took a few more pic's of it earlier tonight, bit harder to find but nice and high up and lots of  background stars, must be getting into the Milky Way band.

Dave

[John]

It looked great with my 12" dob earlier tonight. Clear indications of a tail still streaming away from the head. Averted vision enhanced that. It's still just about naked eye visible when you know where to look. It was positioned virtually at the zenith when I observed it which helps with naked eye visiibility.

[Owmuchonomy]

12" Dob view last night was stunning. It's naked eye from here easily found in Andromeda right next to a beautiful deep orange star HD11969. My neighbour brought her 8x32 nocs and it was easily picked out as a green fuzz with a very long tail, we'll beyond the FOV. This is the first night I remember being able to see the Milky Way horizon to horizon. usually my NW horizon is too polluted. is Harrogate Borough Council's ongoing programme of LP containment really working? Jupiter however was very dissappointing, far too much turbulence.

I must try my 102 EDT on it to see what a wider view reveals.

[Stu]

Am jealous of both of your skies. No chance of naked eye from here. Had some nice views of it through the Vixen last night, but no sign of the tail unfortunately.

Jupiter looked lovely though, some real nice detail visible even though the GRS was not visible, and no transits.

[John]

Jupiter was rather "so so" here last night. OK at 199x with the 12" dob but even then the detail fluctuated quite widely. 

[happy-kat]

Wish me luck, 63 lights to stack...

[Davey-T]

Looking forwards to it, my processing laptop is still in the menders so don't know when my last attempt will get done.

Dave 

[happy-kat]

These are all 30 second exposures the position was too low for longer, too much sky glow and trails from my manual tracking. ISO 800. All was a compromise for tracking and histogram.

I will stack on the comet as I want to see what tail I can brew.

[happy-kat]

DSS is munching 48 lights in comet mode.

I got rid of the worst star trail images.

[happy-kat]

There is much to dislike in this imge as I have lost the tail, but for once I have actually managed to process a flater background and the stars look stronger. Paintshop Pro based processing. I am looking forward to my light poluution filter coming but FLO haven't shipped it yet.

I will later on today hope to try a process again but aim to keep the tail.

[mjpfc]

I observed it in the 15 x 70s last night, too misty at ground level for more mag than that.

It's holding it's brightness and shape well.  Up where it is now the sky will show it down to quite low brightness,

and Kerry's thread will probably be the longest in recorded History.

All hail Comet Q-tee.

[Pete Presland]

Very easy to find from night to night now as its position is not changing anywhere near as much as earlier in the year.

[happy-kat]

It is not long now till it is extinct and the weather being what it is probably means fat chance of seeing it again.

[happy-kat]

Still up there and looking nice in the binoculars tonight

[Paul M]

Not seen a clear sky for 3 weeks, never mind a comet!

[Davey-T]

Just set the DSLR clicking away at it, still looks just as bright as last week.

Dave

[bejay1957]

Took me a while to find it after so many days/weeks, but finally got it in binoc view

[John]

Lovejoy Q2 is not far from the planetary nebula M76 tonight. Looks rather lovely against a "busy" star field at the moment

Hints of a tail still traling off across the FoV @ 50x with my 12" dob. Nice