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The Great Christmas Comet of 2011, 2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
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post Dec 2 2011, 09:59 PM
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http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=.../birthday_comet

Possible very bright sungrazing comet coming mid December - Comet Lovejoy C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)

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post Dec 21 2011, 05:06 PM
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From comet-ml post #18977:

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Hi All,

I have to eat my words to friends about this comet. Looks just like Ikeya-Seki in 1965. A really beautiful Xmas present.

I got a series of images this morning but have no website, so one of the better ones appears in the nzastronomers site.

I estimated the visible tail length at 18 degrees, and the head was still out of sight below the local horizon here in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
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- Sunspot   The Great Christmas Comet of 2011   Dec 2 2011, 09:59 PM
- - Sunspot   Here it comes http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//dat...   Dec 14 2011, 09:22 AM
- - titanicrivers   And check out the SOHO Movie Theater! Choose ...   Dec 15 2011, 04:14 AM
|- - SteveM   QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Dec 14 2011, 11:14...   Dec 17 2011, 03:39 AM
- - Mongo   Spaceweather COMET LOVEJOY UPDATE: Matthew Knigh...   Dec 15 2011, 07:59 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Mongo @ Dec 15 2011, 03:59 PM) If ...   Dec 15 2011, 08:05 PM
- - Mongo   Same here. Right now it's overcast from horiz...   Dec 15 2011, 08:31 PM
- - Juramike   It lives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...   Dec 16 2011, 02:06 AM
- - Mongo   Here is another video: http://sdoisgo.blogspot.co...   Dec 16 2011, 03:52 AM
- - Explorer1   That's one tough cookie.... Any estimate for h...   Dec 16 2011, 08:09 AM
- - jamescanvin   140,000 km (1.2 solar radii) above the surface   Dec 16 2011, 08:31 AM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 16 2011, 08:31 A...   Dec 16 2011, 02:45 PM
- - Sunspot   Seems to have left it's tail behind. http:...   Dec 16 2011, 09:48 AM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 16 2011, 11:48 AM) S...   Dec 16 2011, 04:08 PM
- - Mongo   It is still very soon, but it appears that Comet L...   Dec 16 2011, 10:12 PM
- - Sunspot   The Ion tail has reappeared too.   Dec 16 2011, 10:47 PM
- - Mongo   Another movie: SOHO LASCO C3 This site only show...   Dec 17 2011, 03:29 AM
- - nprev   The next few days may prove interesting...and spec...   Dec 17 2011, 03:34 AM
- - Sunspot   Visual sightings starting to come in now.   Dec 17 2011, 01:10 PM
- - Floyd   Why is the view better from south of the Equater? ...   Dec 17 2011, 02:31 PM
- - Mongo   Comet Lovejoy is no longer a daylight comet, so da...   Dec 17 2011, 02:58 PM
- - Floyd   Thanks Mongo, great explanation!   Dec 17 2011, 06:00 PM
- - MaG   Our friends took image from Argentina today mornin...   Dec 17 2011, 08:46 PM
- - Mongo   This was posted today by highly respected astronom...   Dec 18 2011, 10:30 PM
- - nprev   ...if John Bortle says anything about comets, I be...   Dec 18 2011, 10:34 PM
- - Stu   Wow. Ok, now I really am officially northern hemi...   Dec 18 2011, 10:48 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 18 2011, 10:48 PM) Wow. ...   Dec 18 2011, 11:33 PM
- - nprev   Now, now, Stu...we had Hale-Bopp! But, yea...   Dec 18 2011, 10:55 PM
- - Mongo   Report of a daylight sighting of Comet Lovejoy on ...   Dec 19 2011, 12:21 AM
- - nprev   Wow. Mongo, please keep feeding salient info like...   Dec 19 2011, 12:58 AM
- - Mongo   For those readers who are in the southern hemisphe...   Dec 19 2011, 02:15 AM
- - Mongo   From Malargue, Argentina this morning:   Dec 19 2011, 02:14 PM
- - Mongo   Finder chart for 35 degrees south on Wednesday mor...   Dec 19 2011, 08:44 PM
- - Stu   Tail sighted - and photographed - from Australia.....   Dec 19 2011, 09:30 PM
- - Mongo   This is interesting. From the comet-ml mailing li...   Dec 19 2011, 09:45 PM
- - nprev   Magnificent!!!   Dec 20 2011, 04:06 AM
- - machi   Amazing images, it's unbelievable, that this l...   Dec 20 2011, 10:06 AM
- - tasp   Impressive it withstood the tidal effects too.   Dec 20 2011, 02:06 PM
- - Mongo   Latest today from comet-ml mailing list: QUOTE Hi...   Dec 20 2011, 06:59 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Mongo @ Dec 20 2011, 06:59 PM) The...   Dec 20 2011, 09:45 PM
- - nprev   In moonlight, no less. Good grief.   Dec 20 2011, 07:45 PM
- - Mongo   Finder charts for 35 degrees South latitude on Thu...   Dec 20 2011, 08:40 PM
- - Mongo   Oh-oh. That title change may have been premature....   Dec 20 2011, 11:51 PM
- - Mongo   A photo from this post: QUOTE After reading Ian C...   Dec 21 2011, 12:27 AM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #18958: QUOTE Hi all, When I ...   Dec 21 2011, 12:52 AM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #18977: QUOTE Hi All, I have ...   Dec 21 2011, 05:06 PM
- - Mongo   From this Brazilian Portuguese-language blog:   Dec 21 2011, 05:09 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #18990 by Robert McNaught: QUO...   Dec 21 2011, 07:58 PM
- - Mongo   Here is a photo from this morning by outbackmanyep...   Dec 21 2011, 08:07 PM
- - Mongo   Photo from this site:   Dec 21 2011, 09:46 PM
|- - ugordan   Wow.   Dec 21 2011, 10:05 PM
- - scalbers   Very nice. Looks rather brighter than pieces of Mi...   Dec 21 2011, 11:06 PM
- - Mongo   There are some incredible movies now available fro...   Dec 22 2011, 12:07 AM
- - Mongo   The latest image of Comet Lovejoy, by Colin Legg. ...   Dec 22 2011, 03:11 PM
- - Stu   Good grief... view from the ISS... http://www.fli...   Dec 22 2011, 06:54 PM
- - Tesheiner   Wow!   Dec 22 2011, 07:20 PM
- - Stu   Lovejoy Rising...   Dec 22 2011, 08:44 PM
- - centsworth_II   This time lapse via a tip from Emily's Twitter...   Dec 22 2011, 09:08 PM
- - Stu   Just saw that, wish I'd noticed there were ear...   Dec 22 2011, 09:12 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19028 by Dave Herald: QUOTE A...   Dec 22 2011, 10:48 PM
- - Mongo   Here is a cropped version of the full-resolution p...   Dec 22 2011, 10:53 PM
- - Mongo   I like this shot, taken by Jim Gifford, it is very...   Dec 22 2011, 10:58 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19031 by David Seargent: QUOT...   Dec 23 2011, 12:35 AM
- - Mongo   A great photo by Lester Barnes of south Australia:   Dec 23 2011, 01:57 AM
- - Mongo   Commentary by John Bortle (comet-ml post #19037) o...   Dec 23 2011, 01:29 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19038, replying to David Searg...   Dec 23 2011, 01:34 PM
- - Mongo   Another report on the comet by Geoff Dudley (comet...   Dec 23 2011, 01:42 PM
- - Mongo   Now that Lovejoy is "officially" a Great...   Dec 23 2011, 02:00 PM
- - Mongo   As expected, comet Lovejoy is growing more promine...   Dec 23 2011, 07:04 PM
- - Mongo   To make comparisons easier, I have put images of I...   Dec 23 2011, 07:15 PM
- - Mongo   The tail is getting bigger! From Rob Kaufman ...   Dec 23 2011, 07:21 PM
- - Mongo   From Robert McNaught, comet-ml post #19047: QUOTE...   Dec 23 2011, 10:42 PM
- - Mongo   More confirmation of today's observations, by ...   Dec 23 2011, 11:08 PM
- - Mongo   A response by Vello Tabur in comet-ml post #19055 ...   Dec 24 2011, 03:53 AM
- - elakdawalla   Mongo, I just want to say thanks for these summari...   Dec 24 2011, 04:03 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 24 2011, 08:03 A...   Dec 24 2011, 04:13 PM
- - Explorer1   That would be rather tricky, considering the Darie...   Dec 24 2011, 06:46 PM
- - Mongo   Christmas Eve image of comet Lovejoy by Scott Alde...   Dec 24 2011, 07:42 PM
- - nprev   W O W ! ! !   Dec 25 2011, 01:36 AM
- - Mongo   Yes, I think that Lovejoy has done quite well for ...   Dec 25 2011, 02:08 AM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19078 by David Seargent: QUOT...   Dec 25 2011, 02:55 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19088 by Robert McNaught: QUO...   Dec 25 2011, 07:41 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19096 by Rob Kaufman: QUOTE Here...   Dec 26 2011, 02:30 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19100 bt Dave Herald, regarding the...   Dec 26 2011, 02:35 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19101 by Rob Kaufman: QUOTE Hi Fra...   Dec 26 2011, 02:37 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19115 by Jim Gifford: QUOTE A...   Dec 26 2011, 08:37 PM
- - Stu   Latest ISS shots put together...   Dec 26 2011, 09:07 PM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19117 by Rob Kaufman: QUOTE N...   Dec 26 2011, 09:28 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19119 by John Bortle: QUOTE --- In...   Dec 26 2011, 10:57 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19122 by David Seargent QUOTE Hi a...   Dec 27 2011, 02:47 AM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19122 by Vello Tabur QUOTE Hi, I ...   Dec 27 2011, 02:54 AM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19128 by Michael Mattiazzo: Q...   Dec 27 2011, 05:49 PM
- - Mongo   A spectacular image hosted on Gary Kronk's Com...   Dec 27 2011, 08:02 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19131 by Andrew Pearce: QUOTE Hi a...   Dec 29 2011, 02:00 AM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19142 by Andrew Pearce QUOTE Hi Al...   Dec 29 2011, 11:02 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19150 by Chris: QUOTE Hi all, I ob...   Dec 31 2011, 01:13 AM
- - Mongo   From comet-ml post #19154 by Michael Mattiazzo QU...   Dec 31 2011, 02:15 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19169 and #19174 by David Seargent...   Jan 1 2012, 06:39 PM
- - Mongo   Comet-ml post #19176 by John Bortle: QUOTE By phy...   Jan 1 2012, 06:43 PM
- - nprev   Just heard from my stepdaughter, who returned toda...   Jan 2 2012, 03:28 AM
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