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davenn
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Comet Lovejoy is well placed in the sky for the next week or so.... it has just gone past peak magnitude of M4.2 around 4 days ago ( 9th Jan). But it is still a bright and easy object particularly with binoculars
Visually ( from a dark site) or in binoculars, its a bright fuzzy blob ... sort of similar looking to a globular cluster ..... It takes a good telescope or a photo to pick the blue/green colour.
As of today 14 Jan it is passing through Taurus
Here's a couple of finder charts with appropriate orientations for the northern hemisphere .....
and the southern hemisphere ....
cheers
Dave
Visually ( from a dark site) or in binoculars, its a bright fuzzy blob ... sort of similar looking to a globular cluster ..... It takes a good telescope or a photo to pick the blue/green colour.
As of today 14 Jan it is passing through Taurus
Here's a couple of finder charts with appropriate orientations for the northern hemisphere .....
and the southern hemisphere ....
cheers
Dave