COMET LOVEJOY C/2014 Q2

CROSSING COLUMBA TOWARDS LEPUS

December 2014 - Camping La Porteña, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

Type: Comet   

Apparent Magnitude: 6.77 (estimated)

Apparent diameter: N/A

Distance: 0.5 AU 

IMAGE INFORMATION

TELESCOPE: 8" Orion Optics UK Mirror with Televue Paracorr (1150 mm focal length)

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

FILTERS: Baader LRGB

SKY CONDITIONS: rural skies.

EXPOSURES: RGB (12,12,12) 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Terry Lovejoy discovered C/2014 Q2 in August this year from his observatory in Brisbane, Australia. It can be seen with binoculars. It will pass close to planet Earth on January 7 while it will be close to the sun by January 30th. This comet should return again in about 8.000 years.