C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) - Wikipedia
Comet Lovejoy, formally designated C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), is a long-period comet and Kreutz sungrazer. It was discovered in November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy.
How to Find and Make the Most of Comet Lovejoy - Universe Today
2015年1月10日 · Comet Q2 Lovejoy passed closest to Earth on January 7th and has been putting on a great show this past week. Glowing at magnitude +4 with a bluish coma nearly as big as the Full...
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) - Cometography
Terry Lovejoy (Thornlands, Queensland, Australia) discovered this comet in the course of his comet survey using a 20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and a QHY9 CCD camera. On the morning of 2011 November 27, he acquired three images of about 200 different fields.
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) - Wikipedia
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 7 September 2013 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. [1] It is the fourth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy.
Researchers Catch Comet Lovejoy Giving Away Alcohol - NASA
2015年10月23日 · Comet Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar into space, according to new observations by an international team. The discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol, the same type in alcoholic beverages, has been observed in a comet.
Where to See Comet Lovejoy Tonight - Sky & Telescope
2015年1月30日 · Comet Lovejoy is about magnitude 4.5, high in the evening sky for your binoculars or telescope. But you'll be looking through moonlight until February 5th or 6th. Read below to learn where to see Comet Lovejoy tonight!
Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet
2011年12月22日 · International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Burbank described seeing the comet two nights ago as "the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit.
A recap of Comet Lovejoy | The Planetary Society
2011年12月22日 · Terry Lovejoy, an Australian amateur astronomer, discovers the comet as he processes 200 image sets of Earth's southern sky that he snapped with his C8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. At first, he cannot conclusively determine whether he sees a genuine comet, or an image-processing glitch.
APOD: 2011 December 17 - Comet Lovejoy: Sungrazing Survivor
2011年12月17日 · Comet Lovejoy is estimated to have come within 120,000 kilometers of the Sun's surface and likely had a large cometary nucleus to have survived its intense perihelion passage. Remarkable videos of the encounter from the …
The beginning of the end for comet Lovejoy - ESA
2011年12月14日 · Announced on 2 December, the newly discovered comet Lovejoy is on a near-collision course with the Sun and is expected to plunge to its fiery fate late on 15 December. At its closest approach, it will pass just 140 000 km above the solar surface.