This page contains photographs of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). This spectacular Christmas comet was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer and comet hunter Terry Lovejoy – great work Terry!.
My photographs are (unless otherwise stated) taken using my William Optics Megrez 90 APO refractor at a focal length of about 590mm and using my Canon 6D (unmodified) DLR camera. Exposure times and ISO vary between exposure depending on the conditions of the night.
I started photographing comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in December 2014.
![Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 27th December 2014. 20x180s @ 3200ISO](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-20x180s-PI-median-sigma-DBE.jpg)
![Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 27th December 2014. 20x60s @ 3200ISO](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-60s-DSS-comet-stack-DBE.jpg)
![William Optics Megrez 90 APO @ ~590mm focal length. Canon 6D (unmodified) @ 3200ISO. 8x180 second exposures. Stacked using DeepSkyStacker comet stacking with default configuration.](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-DSS-sigma-2.jpg)
![William Optics Megrez 90 APO @ ~590mm focal length. Canon 6D (unmodified) @ 6400ISO. 10x60 second exposures. Stacked using average.](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-2014_12_20-comet-align-avg-DBE.jpg)
![William Optics Megrez 90 APO @ ~590mm focal length. Canon 6D (unmodified) @ 2500ISO. 10x180 second exposures. Stacked using median.](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-comet-align-median-DBE.jpg)
![Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) finder image to help find the come in the December night sky. The comet is nicely positioned in the south-east after sunset, between the bright stars Sirius and Canopus.](https://rogergroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comet-C2014-Q2-Lovejoy-finder-2014-12-17.jpg)