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Comet Lovejoy C/2007 E2 and NGC 6015

Comet Lovejoy C/2007 E2 and NGC 6015

This picture of comet Lovejoy and NGC 6015 was taken from John McDonald's backyard. Interestingly, I was reading from Wikipedia that comet Lovejoy was discovered using a Canon 350D DSLR!

C/2007 E2 - May 18, 2007
Location: Fairfield
Optics: Canon 200mm f/2.8 Lens on Kenko SkyMemo Mount. Lens stopped down to f/3.5.
Camera: Canon 20Da
Exposures: 60 light frames of 30 sec @ISO 400. Total exposure time: 30 minutes.
Processing: ImagesPlus- Dark, and flat calibration. Files combined using MinMax Excluded. Digital Development. Photoshop- Colour balance. Neat Image- Noise reduction.