[BAA Comets] C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

[Nick James]

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.
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> Thursday night is looking promising here in Norfolk, hoping to get a good hour in a dark sky.
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