Comet Lovejoy over Marmarole
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From the photographer: “Comet Lovejoy, photographed from Lorenzago di Cadore (Italy). The comet sets behind the Marmarole mountains in the Italian Dolomites. The comet tail was over 10° long (extended to Pleiades) and its magnitude was about +4,0. Nikon D5100 on 35 mm f/2,5 – 3x20sec exp – 1600 ISO”
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I would like to thank Giorgia Hofer for sharing this wonderful image of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) from January 20, 2015 when the comet was about 10 days before perihelion. An ion tail that is 10+ degrees long in the sky is an exceptional thing to image. As I understand it, the solar wind must have been steady for several days for the ion tail to extend that far.
March 29, 2015 at 5:37 amThis is easily the best photo of Lovejoy I’ve seen so far,a very beautiful image.
March 29, 2015 at 8:45 amThis picture is a marvel, the field of stars is impressive and no light pollution.
April 8, 2015 at 8:12 amcongratulations
Thanks a lot to everyone. Yes Charles Bell, Comet Lovejoy was truly exceptional, she passed close to so many celestial objects, like the Pleiades, and gave us great emotions. The clean sky from which I took the scene, helped me a lot
April 15, 2015 at 11:19 pm