Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2, Point MacKenzie

This was added to show how small this comet was. My eyes did not see the green color, but the exposure captured it nicely. Were I to have used a tracking telescope mount (for no star blur), I could have captured the blue tail, requiring a 2-min. exposure.

Nikon D700 Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 -- cropped from original, color balanced for light polution