Comet Lovejoy - 2013 Dec 06
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) is a long-period comet discovered on 2013 September 07 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (7.9 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope.
Comet Lovejoy made its closest approach to Earth on 2013 Nov 19 at a distance of 0.3967 AU (59,350,000 km; 36,880,000 mi). The comet came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 2013 Dec 22 at a distance of 0.81 AU (121,000,000 km; 75,000,000 mi) from the Sun.
Throughout November (2013) to January (2014), Comet Lovejoy is visible in the morning sky just before morning twilight.
For more information, see the Wikipedia entry about Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1).
Technical Details
- Object: Comet Lovejoy - 2013 Dec 06
- Date/Time: 2013 Dec 06 at 12:28 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO
- Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180 Hyperbolic Astrograph
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) (modified with a Baader UV/IR filter)
- Field of View: 1.70° x 2.56° at 1.7 arc-sec/pixel (web version: 10.0 arc-sec/pixel)
- Exposure: 4 x 120s, f/2.8, ISO 800
- File Name: Lovejoy13-01w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Graduated Filter, Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS6): Average Images, Curves, Noise Reduction
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2014 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
