Bad Astronomy -
19 Jul 2015 13:30
I somehow didn't hear anything about the comet C/2014 Q1 (Pan-STARRS), which isn't to surprising: It never got bright to northern hemisphere observers. The comet's orbit kept it mostly in the southern hemisphere's skies, and it only recently got brighter once it swept past the Sun in its orbit. But if you do live south of the Equator, it's putting on a decent show. It's still naked eye visible, and is close enough to the Moon in the sky to make for a pretty airing... as astrophotographer Yuri Be...
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