Take Time to View Comet Lovejoy ~ Visable the Next Few Nights

Comet Lovejoy

Skywatchers should enjoy a good view of the Comet Lovejoy, or C/2014

Q2, which should be visible to the unaided eye under good conditions for

the next few nights.

“Should we get a clear sky, Comet Lovejoy should appear to the right

side of the constellations Orion and Taurus, now visible in the southern

sky,” Bruce Palmquist, Central Washington University professor of

physics and science education, said in a news release.

To see the comet, viewers should face due south, and look to the three stars that make up Orion’s belt.

“The comet should appear a little to

the right of Orion’s belt or the snout of Taurus the bull,” Palmquist

said. “With binoculars or a small telescope, you should be able to see

it clearly.

“The best time to see the comet should be after 8 p.m.,” he continued. “And its best to find a place away from any city lights.”

The comet head has a vivid green color, due to carbon molecules fluorescing in the sun’s ultraviolet light.

The next time

it will be visible to anyone on Earth will be roughly 10,000 years from

now.

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Take Time to View Comet Lovejoy ~ Visable the Next Few Nights