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Yes, it was a fantastic evening! Considering that it was very rainy and cloudy in the previous days few days of the week (and in fact it's pouring now as I write), we were indeed blessed with clear skies right in the nick of time, from about 7.45pm all the way till about 10.45pm when clouds rolled-i...

After another stretch of several continuous days of almost total cloudiness, I observed Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) again today (Sat 3 Jan 2015), from Singapore city centre. At around 8.10pm this evening, I viewed it through my Meade LX90 8" SCT. The comet was in Eridanus, at 45 deg above the ESE...

Congrats to JiaHao!

His heroic composite image of the Geminids meteor shower atop freezing Mt Changbai in NE China is the Astronomy Photo of the Day (APOD) for today, 27 December 2014:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141227.html

A nice Christmas present.

After several days of total cloudiness, I managed to view Comet Q2 Lovejoy again early this morning, at around 2.15am - 3am on Sat 27 Dec 2014, from my home here in Singapore city. The comet was in northern Columba, near the border with Lepus. It appeared much brighter than when I last saw it on las...

Rich, do try to catch this comet soon! Pity it's been so cloudy in the past few days. Here's an optimistic updated analysis of Comet Q2 Lovejoy: "Hi all, I have updated my analysis of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). You can find it at the URL http://kometen.fg-vds.de/aktause.htm It is very astonishi...

Great shot, Remus! That can be the official photo for the Comet Party.

Am looking forward to this! Sat 10 Jan 2015 was selected for this event as Comet Q2 Lovejoy would be at its brightest in those few days, presently estimated at mag +4.2. 10 Jan would just be a few days after the comet's closest approach to Earth on 7 Jan, with perihelion passage on 30 Jan. Furthermo...

Thanks, Kochu! And here's a constellation-wide image which I took last night from Singapore city centre, which shows Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) set within Columba. The comet was then at around mag 5.7 Canon EOS 60D, single monochrome shot, ISO 1600, 3.2s untracked. Lens: Asahi SMC Takumar 55mm f/1.8 ...

Hey Rich, here's an update report as requested! I viewed the comet for the 2nd time today, Sat 20 Dec 2014 (the first was around last Monday), from Singapore city. The skies were quite clear this evening, from around 10pm to 2am+. I managed to view Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) through a variety of inst...

I'm looking for a Televue NP-101, in good condition.

Not sure if anyone in Sg has one in though...