Thread: Comet Lovejoy
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Old 23-12-2014, 04:37 AM
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Last night Comet Lovejoy was easily visible in my 50mm finder, it looked similar to the mag 4 globular cluster 47 Tuc.
In a 16" telescope the comet was about 12' across and the tail was approx. 1.5 degrees long.
The tail shows up well if you rock your telescope back and forth across it.
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