Lovejoy continues to be an impressive camera comet.
Pictured above,
Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) was imaged above the windmill in
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire
in southern
France
with a six-second exposure.
In the foreground is a field of
lavender.
Comet Lovejoy
should remain available for
photo opportunities for northern observers during much of December and
during much of the night, although it will be fading as the month
progresses and highest in the sky before sunrise.
In person, the comet will be
best viewed with binoculars.
A giant dirty snowball,
Comet Lovejoy last visited the inner
Solar System about 7,000 years ago, around the time that humans developed the
wheel.
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