Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) on October 9, 2013

Comet Lovejoy on Oct 8, 2013.  10x120 sec @ ISO 3200, TV-85 at F/5.6, IDAS-LPS, modified Canon T3.
Comet Lovejoy on Oct 8, 2013. 10×120 sec @ ISO 3200, TV-85 at F/5.6, IDAS-LPS, modified Canon T3.

Just before dawn broke on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 and put a stop to imaging the night sky, Comet Lovejoy cleared the trees in my backyard. I was able to get 20 minutes worth of data on it before the sub-images were too blue from the twilight to use for stacking.

I had a chance to image it with just a few subs two days before.   Here is one sub-image of how it looked:

Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) on October 7, 2013. 1×120 sec @ ISO 3200, TV-85 at F/5.6, Canon T3.
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) on October 7, 2013. 1×120 sec @ ISO 3200, TV-85 at F/5.6, Canon T3.

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