Starship Asterisk*

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on 8.01.2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res image on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 8th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 8th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Mi humilde versión del cometa Lovejoy
My humble version of Comet Lovejoy

Cometa Lovejoy by Juan A. Bafalliu, on Flickr

Fotografía tomada en la Campiña cordobesa-Andalucía-España
Picture taken in the Cordoba-Andalusia-Spain Countryside
Canon Eos 60D
Sigma 150-500mm
ISO 6400
f/6.3
30 seg
©Juan A Bafalliu-Spain 2015

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 11th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet Lovejoy with an asteroid passing by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79583702@N06/15650263064/

Copyright: Aruna Bandara
toaruna@gmail.com

Jan 13, 2015 @ 20:09 Piliyandala, Sri Lanka
15 Sec, ISO 6400, Pentax Kx
Attached to a 120mm, f/5 Refractor, Polar aligned

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 15th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 15th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) near Pleiades on January 17th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory This 32 panel mosaic shows the comet near M 45 (Pleiades). More info and hi-res images on website

Comet 15P Finlay recent outburst on January 18th, 23:27ut. The comets outburst on 16th December 2014 from magnitude 11 to magnitude 9 becoming bright enough to seen in common binoculars. On 23 December 2014, 15P and Mars were only 1/6th of a degree apart in the sky after sunset. But by 23 December 2014 the comet had dimmed considerably since the outburst.

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy.
Images and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli
Dark and bright waves are clearly visible while moving inside the comet tail.
Single images TEC140+SBIG 11k, L filter, 5 min exp. 24 Jan 2015 from 18.26 to 20.54 UT (2.5 h) GIF version: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/temp/v ... 2_1200.gif

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy (24 Jan)
(new processing)
Images and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli
Dark and bright waves are clearly visible while moving inside the comet tail.
Single images TEC140+SBIG 11k, L filter, 5 min exp.
24 Jan 2015 from 17.47 to 21.39 UT (~4 h)

Small GIF only for preview:

1200 pix GIF version: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/temp/v ... hd1200.gif

Comet Lovejoy and the Pleiades
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Copyright: Alson Wong

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on February 13th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory The fast movement of the structures in the comets's tail can be seen on the small animation below: Larger 4 panel mosaic on the same night: More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) covers M 76 (Little Dumbbell Nebula)
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on February 20th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and images on website

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on February 21st 2015 (near M 76)
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet Lovejoy and the Double Cluster
http://www.alsonwongastro.com
Copyright: Alson Wong

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Movement of the comet's tail structures on five different nights
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory

February 13th 2015 February 14th 2015 February 18th 2015 February 20th 2015 February 21st 2015 More info and hi-res images on website

Comet between open cluster and nebulae
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on March 21st 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet C/2015 F4 Jacques on June 29th, 04:27ut. Showing a nice development of a anti-tail (front-coma).

Comet 67P Churyumov–Gerasimenko on August 12th, 08:47ut. Tomorrow is at it's closest to perihelion.

Comet 67P Churyumov–Gerasimenko on August 18th, 09:04ut. Now showing a nice tier drop form tail and slightly brighter (coma). Image not croped.

C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on September 19 2015 from Siding Spring
https://flic.kr/p/yQqctR
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on September 19 2015 from Siding Spring by Marion Haligowski, on Flickr

Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) was photographed on September 19, 2015 using the 90 mm wide field Takahashi telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia using iTelescope. The exposure was 600 seconds, 417 mm, f/5.6. Developing was done in Nebulosity with enhancement and hot pixel removal in Lightroom.