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Object/Date:
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 2015-05-23

Tech data:
Takahashi FSQ 106mm f/5 refractor + SBIG STL-1100M camera (L:3×300 Bin1 + RGB:1x60 Bin2)

Description:
Comet C/2014 (Lovejoy) imaged on May 23, 2015 when was at 2.5 deg from Polaris and above the IFN background (Integrated Flux Nebulosity). In spite of the comet has moved away until more than 2 A.U. from the Sun and Earth descending to 8 magnitude, still shows a ionic tail of 45' longitude toward northwest, and a short anti-tail toward east.

Location:
Remotely from Mayhill, New Mexico (USA)

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