Exposures: 8 x 4 minutes at ISO 640
FOV: 4 deg 27 min x 2 deg 58 min; Scale factor: 4.13 arcseconds/pixel
Comet C/2014 is a long period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy (his 5th comet discovery). On 7 January 2015, the comet passed 0.469 AU (43.6 million miles) from Earth. When this image was taken, the comet was 0.542 AU distance. The next fly-by for Comet C/2014 Lovejoy will be in 8,000 years. The comet's tail has a blue color caused by fluoroscent carbon monoxide.
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