Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Tail knots.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #1 24-12-2014, 12:06 AM

Hi,

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) from tonight 23-12-14.

Tail is very spectacular, showing knots and possible disconnection.
Shades of comet Lemmon from 2013.

Cheers,

Justin.

alocky (Andrew lockwood) · #2 24-12-2014, 12:49 AM

Very nice!
I had to do a double take when I was processing this guy because I thought I'd accidentally snagged my old Lemmon data when I was setting up the PI scripts!

Rigel003 (Graeme) · #3 24-12-2014, 01:40 AM

Great shot Justin. Lovely detail in the tail.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 24-12-2014, 03:15 AM

Awesome shot Justin. I managed to get a disconnect too.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #5 24-12-2014, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by alocky

Very nice!
I had to do a double take when I was processing this guy because I thought I'd accidentally snagged my old Lemmon data when I was setting up the PI scripts!

Thanks Andrew!

Yep, could be twins.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Great shot Justin. Lovely detail in the tail.

Thanks Graeme!

Quote:

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Awesome shot Justin. I managed to get a disconnect too.

Thanks Kevin!

Terry must be chuffed with the way his comet is performing.

Cheers,

Justin.

algwat (Alan) · #6 24-12-2014, 09:36 AM

good one Justin.
I agree the knot could be a solar wind disconnection event of the ion tail, or could be the start of more activity being affected by comet nucleus rotation.

kind regards, Alan

rustigsmed (Russell) · #7 24-12-2014, 09:38 AM

fantastic shot Justin, look at that tail detail.

I finally managed to take a quick peak of Q2 lastnight. unfortunately it was a quick and dirty look with an uncollimated newt. first part of the tail easily showing on short 10 second exposure.

hopefully i'll get to setup properly in the next week. forecast not great for Melbourne.

keep them coming!

cheers

rusty

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #8 24-12-2014, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by algwat

good one Justin.
I agree the knot could be a solar wind disconnection event of the ion tail, or could be the start of more activity being affected by comet nucleus rotation.

kind regards, Alan

Thanks Alan!

Interesting what you say about rotation, hope to image again tonight to see if there's any other events.
Maybe it would be possible to work out a rotational period from this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

fantastic shot Justin, look at that tail detail.

I finally managed to take a quick peak of Q2 lastnight. unfortunately it was a quick and dirty look with an uncollimated newt. first part of the tail easily showing on short 10 second exposure.

hopefully i'll get to setup properly in the next week. forecast not great for Melbourne.

keep them coming!

cheers

rusty

Thanks Russell!

Hope you gat a decent go before the next moon period.

Cheers,

Justin.