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Old 10-09-2013, 01:46 PM
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Terry Lovejoy's Latest Comet Discovery- C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy).
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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.


Onya Terry!


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.
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Old 10-09-2013, 02:21 PM
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Congratulations, Nice one Terry.....
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Old 10-09-2013, 02:26 PM
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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.
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Fantastic! Congratulations Terry!

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Now to explain to Wendy why there are $ at the end of the comet rainbow and none at the supernova end.
Plus the fact that you get to attach the family name to them is a bit tricky to
explain.

Maybe you are in the wrong line of work Peter?
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Old 10-09-2013, 04:09 PM
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Congratulations Terry! Impressive tally of Comets Lovejoy building up!
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Congratulations Terry!
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Excellent news Terry. Well done, again.
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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.

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Congratulations Terry!

Great news!!

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Great news Terry,hopefully it will be bright enough in a couple of weeks to observe in my 16"
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Congrats Terry,
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Congrats Terry.
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Congrats Terry! Just reading all the reports now.

Cheers Petra d.
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Great news Terry,hopefully it will be bright enough in a couple of weeks to observe in my 16"
Cheers
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.
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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.
I have just downloaded the latest ephemeris from the minor planets center, and it gives it's mag at 14.3
I don't think Terry would image a 19.5 mag comet with such a short exposure.
Read the article here.
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com.au/20...1-lovejoy.html
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Wooohooo congrats Terry you legend once again xo
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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/s...ead.php?t=9329

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Fantastic! Congratulations Terry!



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

Maybe you are in the wrong line of work Peter?
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