A bit more on Lovejoy
28 Mar at 12:35 by Wilson
Just a bit more information on comet Lovejoy (C/2007 E2): it has indeed reached perihelion (closest distance to the Sun) yesterday, but it will continue getting closer to Earth until 26 April (or, rather, Earth is getting closer to it). At that point, it is expected to reach a magnitude of just under 8; that is, it will be a binocular object on relatively dark skies, but there’s no chance of viewing it with the naked eye.
Orbital info, finding charts and a graph of the expected magnitudes are available from Seiichi Yoshida’s page.
One Response for "A bit more on Lovejoy"
rahul zota
April 18th, 2007 at 0:48
1hi i am from india and my name is rahul zota. I have seen the comet c/2007 e2 lovejoy with my 6-inch telescope. But i have not charts after 20th april. so i want charts from 20th april to the date when it will be disappeared. i checked aerith.net webpage. but there is not detailed charts. my location is. long. 23′40″ and lat.69′18″
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