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

[Liz]

Wonderful news Terry, well done!!!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

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/s...63#post1014263

[Lee]

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

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

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

[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 (Kevin)]

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 (Adam)]

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 (Jarrod)]

Excellent news Terry and congratulations.

Always love to hear more from the hunting guys.

[multiweb (Marc)]

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

[Lester]

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

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Congrats Terry
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 (David)]

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 (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by 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.

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 (Rob)]

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

[naskies (Dave)]

Congrats, Terry - you're a legend!

[DavidTrap (David)]

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


DT

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

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