Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) and the Pleiades (M45)

  • Location: Canyonlands National Park, Moab, UT
  • Date: January 16, 2015
  • Time: 11:30 – 11:45 PM MST
  • Camera: Stock Canon 5D Mark II
  • Optics: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L I Camera Lens at f/2.8
  • Focus Method: APT Auto Focus
  • Mount: Celestron CG-5GT
  • Guiding: PHD Polar Aligned & Guiding
  • Autoguider: Starlight Xpress CoStar CMOS
  • Guidescope: 50 mm Finderscope
  • Tracking: Stars
  • Exposure: 3 X 5 min, 20 x 5 min
  • ISO: ISO 800
  • Temp: 30 F
  • Wind: None, few high clouds
  • Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
  • Processing: Photoshop CC