New comet just discovered by Terry Lovejoy!

[cometcatcher]

Congratulations Terry on your latest comet!

Just got a piccy as it was being given it's official designation. C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), 2014 08 19 1740UT start 21 x 4 minutes, ED100 at F7.2, Pentax K-5. I think I can even see a hint of tail at 5 O'clock.

Track and trail views. Currently in Puppis at around magnitude 15.

[Octane]

Congratulations, babez!

Could this be another Christmas present? :D

H

[h0ughy]

congratulations Terry

[ZeroID]

Excellent ! Well done Terry.

[Draco]

woohoo .. Congrats

[big_dav_2001]

Congrats Terry!... Great find!!

Davin

[Ric]

Well done Terry. :thumbsup:

Congrats.

[MrB]

Congrats Terry!
And nice images Kevin, I agree, looks like a faint tail at 5 o'clock.

[Quark]

Congrats to Terry, most excellent work indeed.

TOP STUFF!!!!!!!!!

[avandonk]

I saw it first here Terry

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/20/astronomers_scramble_for_obs_on_new _comet/



Great work! Bert

[DavidU]

Awesome work Terry !

[gary]

Congratulations Terry! Incredible dedication!

[leon]

Wow, how exciting, well done Terry.

Leon

[Suzy]

Way to go Terry! This is such awesome news and wow didn't take you long to find your next comet after last November's R1 comet! :eyepop:

Likely, this will be a telescopic object at best; its perihelion date is due Jan. 2nd and on December 7, the comet could pass just 6.5 million miles from Earth. Whichever way it performs, I look forward to observing it thru my scope with glee. :D

I seriously wouldn't be surprised if Terry's comet did something unexpected like his other two Christmas comets did. But no pressure Terry- I will embrace those comet photons whichever way I can get them.

University Today Article Here. (http://www.universetoday.com/114012/australian-amateur-terry-lovejoy-discovers-new-comet/)

[cometcatcher]

A flare would be nice! ;) :D

And it's good to see humans still making comet discoveries. Although I like the comets, all those Panstarrs names for every comet are getting a bit samey!

[CometGuy]

Thank you everyone!

I'm working hard on find a 6th one, hopefully a bit brighter :)

Terry

[cometcatcher]

Good onya Terry! Looking forward to number 6!

[mithrandir]

H, find_orb predicts perihelion 2015/01/30.1

At Sydney's latitude it will only be visible for a couple of hours per day and below 20 deg. Queensland gets a better view.

[zardos123]

congrats terry, this is obviously the result of a lot of dedicated hard work and a high degree of technical skill so well deserved ...... for selfish reasons i hope its as good as this one :thumbsup:
regards brad

[StephenM]

Congratulations once again Terry!

Cheers,
Stephen