File:Comet C2014 Q2 by Bill Cooke.jpg
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English: Image of Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) taken Saturday, January 10, 2015, by Dr. Bill Cooke. Image is a 3 minute exposure using the iTelescope T3 refractor. At the time of this image, the comet was some 45 million miles from Earth.
Discovered in August of 2014, Comet Lovejoy is currently sweeping north through the constellation Taurus, bright enough to offer good binocular views. Glowing softly with a greenish hue, Comet Lovejoy passed closest to planet Earth on January 7, while its perihelion (closest point to the Sun) will be on January 30. Classed as a long period comet, it should return again ... in about 8,000 years. |
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Author | NASA/MSFC/B. Cooke, Meteoroid Environment Office |
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