Image: NASA's NEOWISE captures Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Monday, January 19, 2015 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is one of more than 32 comets imaged by NASA's NEOWISE mission from December 2013 to December 2014. This image of comet Lovejoy combines a series of observations made in November 2013, when comet Lovejoy was 1.7 astronomical units from the sun. (An astronomical unit is the distance between Earth and the sun.)