Komet Lovejoy

[Astrofan80]

Da kommt man doch ins Schwärmen...

Barely a day after perihelion, discoverer Terri Lovejoy managed to snap images of his namesake in daylight, when he estimated its brightness at roughly -1 in magnitude. Its brightness has fallen off somewhat in the days since, to perhaps 4th magnitude, but many observers now report being able to see Comet Lovejoy with unaided eyes in the predawn sky, its tails stretching upward into Scorpius. As of this morning the comet's nucleus was about 17° from the Sun, an elongation that will grow rapidly to 24° by Christmas Day and 40° by New Year's Eve.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community...99108.html

Komet Lovejoy von der ISS:



http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogall...=125774121

Komet Lovejoy vom VLT in Chile aus gesehen:



Und die Flut der Bilder reist nicht ab!

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forum...y.php?f=12