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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Comet Lovejoy LIVE COVERAGE Jan 06, 2015

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 Comet Lovejoy closest and brightest on January 7, 2015
(Next LIVE Event: A comet for Christmas: C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy more > on 11 Jan 2015 20:00)
A comet for Christmas: C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Comet Lovejoy on December 29, 2014 by Justin Ng from Singapore.   Visit Justin Ng's website.

Comet Lovejoy closest and brightest on January 7

This chart comes from skyandtelescope.com, which has a fine article on observing Comet Lovejoy.
     This chart comes from SkyandTelescope.com. Each tick indicates position as of 00:00 GMT (7 p.m. ET on the previous date). Don’t know which direction to look? No matter where you are, look for the three prominent Belt stars of the constellation Orion. You’ll notice them, if you look! Then star-hop from Orion to the comet. Look inside for a link to a larger, printer-friendly version of this chart.
      The wonderful New Year’s comet – Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy – is about to be at its closest to Earth and therefore (probably) brightest in our sky. Many across the globe have already seen this comet as it has brightened in recent weeks. At its closest to Earth on January 7, 2015, it’ll be 43.6 million miles away (70.2 million km). Plus, the moon is now waning, rising an hour later each evening. You’ll have a window of dark-sky viewing – from the end of twilight until moonrise – from about January 6 or 7 on.

Posted by PSRG FUN BLOG at 1/06/2015 11:03:00 AM