Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet, Aldo Bassi
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet

C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet, Aldo Bassi
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet
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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet

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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the intense UV and optical light of the Sun as it passes through space. In january 2015 it brightened to roughly magnitude 4, and became one of the brightest comets located high in a dark sky since comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) in 1997.

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C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Comet, Aldo Bassi