WOW.....Just WOW!!! Lovejoy Is Amazing!! Tail Longer Than 40 Full Moons!!!!

..WTF is this trickery ??? are yu blind or stupid or else ?? don`t yu see that this is ISON ?!?!? what they are trying to do this time , mtfkrs iluminati !!

What a massive tail!

Comet lovejoy went through perihelion on Dec 16, 2011. How will it to is a second time already?

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

This is a different Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)....not Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3).....R1 perihelion is the 25th.

That's a beauty, our weather has turned a bit crap so I don't know if I will get the chance to see it again but I do hope I will.

You get the prize for trying to stir up some interest in Lovejoy, unfortunately people are too interested in now imaginary comet ISON to bother going outside to see a real one :(

clear skies,

K

Holy crap!

How cool is that?




Z

Yeah, I'm going to have to shoot it again, maybe tomorrow morning.

strange they used the same name only a year later.

It's named for the person who discovered it, amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. It's his fourth comet discovery.

Id like to discover one....that would be awesome. I'm guessing the image a certain point in the sky and study the images for movement?

[link to comets.skyhound.com] Visible Comets

Yeah, mostly it's done by systematic imaging these days. Some guys still try to do visual discoveries though.

I do good to image what I know is there.....lol

1 star. What is the deal with the obsession with comets on this website? It's embarrassing, and lame.

Wow that's absolutely friggin amazing! Thanks OP!

It looks really nice OP! I wish I could discover a comet sometimes. But as most pioneer things it's been automated now. Besides, I've read in our Russian astronomy forum, that the International Society delays the comet discovery noticed by Russians, so European and American guys could get the claim and the name. Anything for some fame, eh?

***** to counter act


4 Comets in solar system

The 4 horseman...

Stars really don't bother me....I feel the same when I get 1 or 5. Comets are real and mysterious objects and no two are the same. Have you ever seen a Comet? How could anyone look up in the sky and see something stretched halfway across the sky with the electric blues and greens and reds and not be amazed is beyond me.

I know, right? One of these days, one of these days...

Sounds like Dr. Astro needs to get out there and make some discoveries to catch up...unless Dr. Astro IS Terry Lovejoy..dun dun dunnnnnnn.

Seriously, though, is Lovejoy '13 a naked eye object, or does it have the potential to become one? If so, where/when will we see it?

Thanks in advance.

I believe it is or will be visable to the naked eye.
I saw this yesterday on spaceweather. Its a real beautiful comet.

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) was discovered on 27 November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy of Thornlands, Queensland
[link to en.wikipedia.org]



C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 7 September 2013 by Terry Lovejoy
[link to en.wikipedia.org]



Thanks OP!!! :D

bump for Love & Joy!

for Love & Joy!

If you have a view of really dark skies, you may be able to see it naked eye, just before sunrise. It's now getting closer to perihelion so it is harder to see. I can see it in 10x50 binoculars easy but is almost too low for me to get it with the scope.

oh....is in the east northeast before sunrise....just below corona borealis,The C shaped constellation.

[link to i1297.photobucket.com] Pic showing wide view of comet location

Don't worry Earthlings!! God will bring about 3 huge meteors to punish the Earth for their rebellions against Him and His Son Jesus Christ. And God will greatly punish the new world order Satanist illumintty bankers for killing His people that wouldn't take their zombie making and mind controlling, mark of the beast chip in peoples forehead and right hands soon!!\

As their tormenting's will be extremely fierce and agonizing and their lungs will be on fire, forever and ever and ever!!