Comet Lovejoy
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) displays a bright, greenish coma and a tail very evident in this three-minute exposure taken on the morning of November 26, 2013 using a 6" Takahashi refractor located in New Mexico. At the time of this image, comet Lovejoy was 40 million miles from Earth, and 88 million miles from the sun. It was located just off the handle of the Big Dipper in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It reached perihelion (closest approach to the sun) on December 22.
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