[BAA Comets] C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

[Tony Angel]

Evening Nick,

I saw it through thin cloud with my 10x50s. Could not make out the tail, but 
the coma looked like a large globular cluster. Imaging through fairly thick 
cloud so not sure how this evenings will come out. Last nights are amongst 
these.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=one_set72157649813236321

All the Best,

Tony.
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From: "Nick James" <ndj at nickdjames.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 9:45 PM
To: "BAA Comets discussion list" <comets-disc at britastro.org>
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

> Evening Andrew,
>
> Yes, I got a nice view from Chelmsford too. I rushed home from work and 
> set up just as the Moon was rising in the east. It was quite transparent 
> here and still is. I was surprised how prominent the comet was compared to 
> when I last saw it on Dec 30. I found it easily by sweeping with 
> 11x80bins. Here's my image taken at the time:
>
> http://www.nickdjames.com/Comets/2015/2014q2_20150106_1830_ndj.jpg
>
> Nick.
>
>> Just had a very nice visual view of the comet during the last 45 to 60 
>> mins before the moon got in the way. At about 15 degs altitude in a not 
>> fully dark but very damp sky I found it easily in my 2.4 x 25mm opera 
>> glasses. In fact I would say it was bordering on naked eye visibility but 
>> the sky was too damp/claggy to be definite. In my 15 x 70 bins it was 
>> very nice indeed and in my 28 x 110 bins superb.
>>
>> Thursday night is looking promising here in Norfolk, hoping to get a good 
>> hour in a dark sky.
>>
>
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