COMET LOVEJOY ATTRACTS ATTENTION: Around the northern hemisphere, - TopicsExpress



          

COMET LOVEJOY ATTRACTS ATTENTION: Around the northern hemisphere, amateur astronomers are reporting a green fuzzball in the midnight sky. Its Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2), shown here above the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy on Dec. 26th: Photographer Giorgia Hofer of Misurina Lake, Italy For weeks, this comet has been brightening in the southern sky, where it has become a favorite target for astrophotographers in Australia, New Zealand, and South America. Now it has crossed the celestial equator so that northerners can see it, too.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:54:56 +0000

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