Over Earth: Comet Lovejoy meets Milky Way

Here's something neat- Comet Lovejoy as it moved through a star field on Monday, January 12-13th. This is assembled from 80-minutes of images recorded through color filters. Courtesy of Equipment Editor Sean Walker and contributor Sheldon Faworski using an 8-inch Newtonian reflector and a QSI 583wsg CCD camera. Be sure to watch it in HD! | Sky & Telescope

Comet Lovejoy: The Sungrazer That Survived

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible to the naked eye this week! If you want to see or even take a photo of this once-in-a-lifetime event, just take note of these observation tips. Time The next several days, you can see this comet ~30 minutes after sunset in the western part of the sky (around 6 pm). The comet will set a little bit later each night. It will set around 7:30 pm on October 15 and around 8:45 pm on October 22. Place Make sure that you will observe in an area where the western horizon