Speaking of Comets…

A post on Bluesky by c0nc0rdance about light pillars reminded me of this:

Back in January 2015 a bunch of us went out to get C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). Before the Moon and Jupiter rose, we saw some light pillars. It was pretty cold that night…

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Canon EOS REBEL T3 15sec ISO-800 6mm

After the 91.9% illuminated waning gibbous Moon rose, and everything started to get washed out, we saw some nice Moon dogs. Jupiter is to the left of the Moon.

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Canon EOS 5D Mark II f/2.8 15sec ISO-400 20mm

Got this a few days later

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

It was cold that night too.

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