page_title: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
hierarchical_section_title: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
caption_attribution_description: English: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy. This photograph was taken from Tucson, Arizona, using a Sky-Watcher 100mm APO telescope and SBIG STL-11000M camera. Español: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) es un cometa de período largo descubierto el 17 de agosto de 2014 por el astrónomo amateur Terry Lovejoy. Foto tomada el 19 de enero de 2015, poco antes del perihelio. Français&#160;: La comète Lovejoy C/2014 Q2, comète à longue période, le 19 janvier 2015, peu avant son passage au périhélie. Polski: Kometa jednopojawieniowa C/2014&#160;Q2&#160;(Lovejoy) odkryta 17&#160;sierpnia 2014 roku przez Terry'ego Lovejoya.
context_page_description: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the intense UV and optical light of the Sun as it passes through space.
context_section_description: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the intense UV and optical light of the Sun as it passes through space.
caption: C/2014 Q2 as imaged 19 January 2015[1]
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