If you're familiar with the constellation Orion, shown in this picture, Comet Lovejoy (the blue-green fuzzy dot with faint white tail) can be found above and to the right of Orion over the next week or two. Comet Lovejoy will move up in the sky a bit more each night.
This photo of Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was captured two nights ago facing the eastern horizon at 7:21 pm, January 7, 2014. It's a vertical crop from a landscape orientation shot captured at a wide 24 mm focal length.
Photograph Comet Lovejoy in January
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I see a beautiful sky with many stars. :)
Thanks +Jeff Sullivan. The skies here have not been real clear.
cool ... awesome +Jeff Sullivan how you share EXIF data also, i'm going to try 30s, f/16, 24mm, ISO 3200 thanks for the heads up and your great directions !!!
If we get a clear night I will get my SkyTracker hooked up and try for a long 200mm shot. Thanks for giving the sky directions.
+Chris Bagley Without the moon in the sky you may be pleasantly surprised at how long the tail is at 200 mm. I used my 70-200mm at 200 mm on a crop sensor Canon 70D and got this at the equivalent of 320 mm just before the moon rose:
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+Jeff Bond That's not actually my EXIF, don't know how f/16 would have gotten in there... I shot this at f/4. And for the exposure time, I actually shot at 8, 15 and 30 seconds, then used +Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photomatix HDR software to see if that help the tail stand out better. It actually helped dim the stars other than Orion, so I used the HDR result for this post to show Orion's position.
+Donna McClure I didn't go out last night, now it's cloudy. I may have to wait a few more nights to get another break in the clouds. Hopefully that will give the comet some time to brighten up as it approaches the sun (even though it's moving away from earth).
Good luck +Jeff Sullivan.
Orion!! Love it!.....
Thanks for the reminder +Jeff Sullivan ! Our skies are cloudy now. I thought of the comet a few days ago - just as the full moon was dancing through the Orion neighborhood. The week ahead sounds like it should be good viewing.