{"id":125,"date":"2014-12-26T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=125"},"modified":"2014-12-26T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T23:47:58","slug":"25-december-2014-comet-lovejoy-from-brunei-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2014\/12\/25-december-2014-comet-lovejoy-from-brunei-update\/","title":{"rendered":"25 December 2014: Comet Lovejoy from Brunei (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Comet<\/a>
Comet Lovejoy C2014 from Brunei on Dec 25 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 25, 2014, Brunei<\/strong> – After the waxing moon set, clouds began to clear out making tonight’s sky an excellent night to gaze the stars.<\/p>\n

I got all of my equipment ready – an Orion Astroview 120 telescope placed on an iOptron Alt-Az mount and hooked my Canon EOS 650D on to the scope – a simple setup to photograph the comet.<\/p>\n

Set up the scope, align it with Jupiter and slewed to RA 06h00m16s DEC -32\u00b029’44” to point above\u00a0the South-Eastern sky.<\/p>\n

\"Orion<\/a>
Orion Astroview 120 ST mounted on the iOprton AltAz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spotted! There was a green fuzzy cloud, the comet Lovejoy C2014 Q2, in the constellation of Columba.<\/p>\n

The comet was easily spotted in my telescope. It came to my surprise that the comet is now “tail-less”\u00a0when comparing from my last observation, that was two days ago. Despite of its very faint tail, the coma has now quite a bit brighter than before. Astronomy community reported that was now at magnitude +5, which should be visible to the naked eyes under an excellent dark sky.<\/p>\n

So, keep looking up! You never know what may come.<\/p>\n

For star charts and Ephemeris for Comet C\/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) to guide you\u00a0 in your observation\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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