Friday, December 26, 2014

Comet Lovejoy - moving through Columba

Here is a 15 minute animation of the motion of Comet Lovejoy late on Christmas night taken with my EdgeHD-11 telescope. No tail visible as yet (probably because of the light polluted skies and low altitude here in Maryland.)

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