Australians find a green comet (Figure).

<P Align=center> </ P> <P align=center> Australians find a green comet </ P> - Technology report [tech.] News: Beijing April 2, according to NASA Space Network .reported, March 15, Queensland, Australia Sang Lanzi Terry Lovejoy ---- Indus in the southern constellation discovered a comet, etc. 9. .<P Align=left> in Cambridge, Massachusetts, presented to the Central American Astronomical Telegraph report, Lovejoy said that the comet has a mass of the coma was green, but slightly extended to the southwest. .Unusual is that Lovejoy was not a telescope but using an ordinary digital camera found in the comet. .In fact, it seems to be the first time a comet discovered in this way. .Lovejoy was using a Canon 350D camera, these images more than two years of his time in search of the comet obtained in the course. .</ P> <P align=left> 3 16, New Zealand, Gisborne City Bosu Mu Observatory 约翰德拉姆蒙 Germany was the first independent confirmation. .He used a 41 cm reflector, visually estimate the level of the comet is 9.5-optical instruments can be than not to see even faint objects in the dark about 15 times..德拉姆蒙德 estimated the comet's diameter of 2.6 arc minutes (roughly equivalent to one twelfth of the width of the moon around intuitive). .Fengyun green comet is too dark and can not see with the naked eye, but with a telescope can be seen very clearly. .</ P>.