Don't know if it's been noticed (probably has) but there are at least two extra pieces of comet on the same orbit ahead of Lovejoy, diving into the Sun on the LASCO C3 image. The first appears at about 11:54 on 13/12/2011, initially starlike and eventually displaying a tiny tail before disappearing at about 23:42 on 13/12. The second is just ahead of the comet by about 1/2 degree, currently faint and starlike. Didn't know about them beforehand, and will probably be as close as I ever get to a comet discovery
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http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/...current_c3.mpg
First post here, and just arrived in Oz from the UK, so hi everyone, looks like a nice forum to discuss all things astronomical!
andy