Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 559
Comet Lovejoy Still Bright:  27 March 2015, Jan Curtis
Comet Lovejoy Still Bright:  27 March 2015
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Comet Lovejoy Still Bright: 27 March 2015

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Comet Lovejoy is beating forecasts by staying much brighter: http://www.cobs.si/images/latest-lightcurve.png

I took a chance the other night and despite bright moonlight and comet's low elevation, I captured a faint tail of at least 2 degrees long (hard to show without causing a lot of noise). Estimated magnitude of 6.7.

Final is a higher contrast version of original that shows a longer tail.

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Comet Lovejoy Still Bright:  27 March 2015, Jan Curtis