Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  The star Polaris (αUMi)
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Comet Lovejoy under Polaris (above IFN), Pepe Chambó
Comet Lovejoy under Polaris (above IFN)
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Comet Lovejoy under Polaris (above IFN)

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Comet C/2014 (Lovejoy) imaged on May 23, 2015 when was at 2.5 deg from Polaris and above the IFN background (Integrated Flux Nebulosity). In spite of the comet has moved away until more than 2 A.U. from the Sun and Earth descending to 8 magnitude, still shows a ionic tail of 45' longitude toward northwest, and a short anti-tail toward east.

Posted in my Blog Cometografia.es

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Comet Lovejoy under Polaris (above IFN), Pepe Chambó

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