Terry Lovejoy's Latest Comet Discovery- C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy).

[Suzy]

147412 (Image Credit: Leonid Elenin).

Congratulations to Terry Lovejoy- news fresh out this morning- he has just discovered his 4th comet!

The new comet has been designated: C/2013 R1 (LOVEJOY).
Discovery magnitude: 14.4.

More information here (http://remanzacco.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/new-comet-c2013-r1-lovejoy.html).


Onya Terry! :thumbsup:


Included in Terry's four comet discoveries was our famous Christmas comet of 2011. Catalogued as C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), it was the first Kreutz Sungrazing comet discovered by ground based observation in over 40 years.

[acropolite]

Congratulations, Nice one Terry.....:thumbsup:

[PeterM]

Indeed congratulations Terry. First heard about number 4 last night and thought it's about time. This is one difficult area for amateurs to compete in and you dun good.
Now to explain to Wendy why there are $ at the end of the comet rainbow and none at the supernova end.

[gary]

Fantastic! Congratulations Terry!



Plus the fact that you get to attach the family name to them is a bit tricky to
explain. :lol:

Maybe you are in the wrong line of work Peter? :lol:

[Paddy]

Congratulations Terry! Impressive tally of Comets Lovejoy building up!

[cometcatcher]

Congratulations Terry!

[DavidU]

:thumbsup:

[allan gould]

Excellent news Terry. Well done, again.

[pvelez]

Great work Terry - well done.

I was impressed your presentation at AAIC. It's good to see that your hard work has paid off again.

Pete

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Congratulations Terry!:thumbsup:

Great news!!

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob]

Congratts Terry :thumbsup:

[astroron]

Great news Terry,hopefully it will be bright enough in a couple of weeks to observe in my 16" :D
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Forgey]

Congrats Terry,

[AstroJunk]

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

[jjjnettie]

:D :D Congrats Terry.

[spacezebra]

Congrats Terry! :clap::thumbsup: Just reading all the reports now.:thumbsup:

Cheers Petra d.

[mithrandir]

Based on the 50 observations in MPEC, CdC computes it as currently 19.5, then 17.2 by early October, 12.2 for early November and brightest at 8.8 in mid December.
However it will only be above the horizon during daytime from late November until February.

[astroron]

I have just downloaded the latest ephemeris from the minor planets center, and it gives it's mag at 14.3 :shrug:
I don't think Terry would image a 19.5 mag comet with such a short exposure.:question:
Read the article here.
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/new-comet-c2013-r1-lovejoy.html
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Jen]

Wooohooo congrats Terry you legend once again :) xo

[PeterM]

True Gary. ,
But there are some other rewards we have been fortunate to receive.
Amateur astronomy can truly be rewarding.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wilson_Award
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/7527_Marples
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/61342_Lovejoy
And not forgetting the late great Erwin Vandervelden

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=9329

[Liz]

Wonderful news Terry, well done!!! :cool::cool::cool::cool:

[cometcatcher]

Got him! Imaged from last night around 2:30 to 3:42 aprox with a 5 inch refractor. More details in the solar system forum. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=1014263#post101426 3

[Lee]

Hats off Terry.... another one to try and bag now! :)

[Shark Bait]

I would like to add to the ever growing list of those congratulating you on discovering your 4th comet. :clap:

[CometGuy]

Wow thank you everyone! Anyway, this is the first success for a new automatic detection system I've put in place (which I described at AAIC2013 for all those who went). In case your wondering how much effort is required to find these objects, I did a quick analysis and found some 70,000 images were acquired since C/2011 W3!

Terry

[cometcatcher]

I was wondering how this one was found. Late August it was just a few degrees from M42 the Orion nebula. It's a wonder it wasn't caught by someone then.

[adman]

nice one Terry - lets hope it puts on as good a show as the last one!

Adam

[Ric]

Congrats Terry

As mentioned I hope its a bright one.

[JB80]

Excellent news Terry and congratulations.

Always love to hear more from the hunting guys.

[multiweb]

Congrats - another great catch. Sounds like a lot of work. Well deserved. :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Fantastic Terry; good to see you getting the rewards for your time and effort. All the best.

[stardust steve]

Congrats Terry:thumbsup:
I had a go at it this morning. I was keen to try as the forecast is not good for the next few days.
Here is the result of 10 x 60 sec unguided, 500D, Sw F5 8" 1000mm fl, NEQ6PRO. The goto was bang on which made it easier to beat tge coming twilight. Would love to have a go guided.

[davidseargent]

This is apparently a long-period comet (i.e. NOT a hyperbolic or dynamically new one) so will likely brighten up quite well in November and (for the northerners at least!) December. Should be OK for binoculars.
David

[mithrandir]

If you miss it this time you've got a long wait - estimated period 7094 years.
It should be visible in Aus - to some extent - from now until late Feb 2014 (mag 14 or brighter) but for latitudes like Sydney between Nov 17 and Feb 8 it won't get above 10°, and from Nov 19 to Jan 28 it doesn't rise at all.

[RobF]

Couldn't happen to a nicer (and more hard working!) guy :thumbsup:

[naskies]

Congrats, Terry - you're a legend! :)

[DavidTrap]

70000 images - that's hardcore! Glad to see our automated rig is working as hoped - I enjoyed your presentation at AAIC.


DT

[gaa_ian]

We are having a comet hunting expedition up here tomorrow morning and hope to spot your comet new Terry ... Well Done !