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Credit & Copyright: Jens Hackmann
Explanation:
Lovejoy continues to be an impressive camera comet.
Pictured above,
Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) was
imaged above the windmill in
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire
in southern
France
with a six-second exposure.
In the foreground is a field of
lavender.
Comet Lovejoy should remain
available for
photo opportunities for northern observers during much of December and during much
of the night, although it will be fading as the month progresses and highest in the
sky before sunrise.
In person, the comet will be
best viewed with binoculars.
A giant dirty snowball,
Comet Lovejoy last visited the inner
Solar System about 7,000 years ago, around the time that humans developed the
wheel.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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See also:
- APOD: 2025 September 30 Á Comet Lemmon Brightens
- APOD: 2025 September 29 Á Two Camera Comets in One Sky
- APOD: 2025 September 26 Á A SWAN an ATLAS and Mars
- APOD: 2025 September 18 Á Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN
- APOD: 2025 September 16 Á New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico
- APOD: 2025 July 7 Á Interstellar Comet 3I ATLAS
- Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN