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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Комета Лавджоя в развалинах замка Мёрби http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1296754/eng |
Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén (Clear Skies,
TWAN)
Explanation:
This new comet is quite photogenic.
Comet Lovejoy, discovered only three months ago, was
imaged through
ruins of ancient
MЖrby
Castle in
Sweden
last week sporting a green-glowing
coma and tails trailing several degrees.
The past few weeks have been an unusually active time for
comet watchers
as four comets were
visible simultaneously with binoculars:
ISON,
Lovejoy,
Encke, and
LINEAR.
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) comet is
currently visible
to the unaided eye from a dark location.
As Monday's new Moon will provide little glare, the next few days provide a
good time to see
Comet Lovejoy
as it reaches its
peak brightness.
In two and a half weeks,
Comet Lovejoy will reach its closest approach to the Sun at a
distance just inside the orbital distance of the Earth.
Late ISON News:
Multiple
views from Sun-observing spacecraft
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.