New green comet set for April show

Heads up all you star gazers.

(MSNBC)-On March 15th, Terry Lovejoy of Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, discovered a 9th-magnitude comet in the southern constellation Indus the Indian. In reporting the find to the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lovejoy described the comet as having a coma that appeared distinctly green in color, with a slight extension to the southwest.

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For most northern observers, it will not be until the second week of April that Comet Lovejoy will emerge from out of the dawn twilight and be positioned low in the southeast sky.

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It will be located between the constellations of Capricornus the Sea Goat and Sagittarius the Archer (sky map). During April 20-25, the comet will appear to cross the Milky Way while passing through the southern half of Aquila the Eagle. This is also about the time when it will be passing closest to Earth (41 million mi/66 million km, Apr. 24-26) and should appear at its brightest. Toward month's end, it will glide between Lyra the Lyre and Hercules, and appearing to pass almost directly overhead at around 3 a.m. local daylight time.

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And it was discovered with a off the shelf camera.
Great find.

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