APOD 2.8

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Comet Lovejoy appears to be fading. The beautiful tail of this comet spreads across the entire south celestial pole. This is a stereographic projection used to map the image pixels below the camera and is known as the little planet projection. In  Australia where this picture was taken, the night sky was covered with stars. With the help of other celestial highlights, this comet in the milky way can be identified. To the right of the planet are the celestial stars, Canopus and