The sky at Chilean Atacama desert is just incredible. And I was so lucky with visiting the La Silla observatory on 19th January 2015 – just right on time when the comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was approaching close to the open star cluster Pleiades. The conditions were just amazing, so I didn’t have any problems…
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New year, new comet, same discoverer. Terry Lovejoy is amazingly lucky guy. Almost always he discoveres a new, relatively bright or even naked-eye visible comet for Christmass and new year time. And this one is not the exception. Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is another beautiful surprise discovered the last year and now it makes a…
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Comet Lovejoy is slowly moving above the arc of Corona Borealis constellation, which is incredibly photogenic. I was very lucky on 6th December morning, because I had just a few minutes of hole in the clouds, right before orcan Xaver hits central Europe. Also during capturing this exposure two satellites (probably Iridium) flew in the…
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Comet Lovejoy is just beautiful even near cities with light pollution. Like this morning – on 3rd December 2013 above trees of Úpice observatory, Czech republic. Even it high clouds covered clear view to the comet, it was visible to naked eyes. Thank you, Terry Lovejoy, for another succesful discovery… Used Canon 6D, Samyang 24…
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What an amazing moment in the morning on 27th November 2013. Just when I prepaired my equipment, comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy was perfectly situated by its tail in front of galaxy M51 called Whirpool (in Canes Venatici constellation). The comet is easily visible to naked eyes out of cities with light pollution. Photo captured from…
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A morning beauty C/2012 S1 ISON discovered by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok on 21st September 2012 finally came on the morning show time, which should peak on 28th November 2013 by dramatic comet’s approach very close to the Sun. Till the time was so hard for me to see it because of the weather.…
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Very expected comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS kind of dissapointed. But not in its shame, only because of observing conditions only minutes in twilight. I waited for every possibility to catch this “hairy beauty”, but had bad weather. Finally on 20th March 2013 I succeeded from Úpice observatory, Czech republic. Used Canon 6D, RL 0,28 m/10,…
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