Comet Lovejoy C2014/Q2 on the 24th January 2015

The comet from our Backyard on the 24th of January 2015 (through my 127mm refractor)

Moving against a starry sky (Canon 600 DSLR on a driven mount)

The comet is moving away from our Sun and over the next few weeks it will become more remote and faint. It will leave our Solar System, probably never to return, so if you want to see it through binoculars your best opportunity is within the next couple of weeks, sooner rather than later and don't forget to wave goodbye.

A unicorn, I am told, is not magical but instead

Its just a plain old horsey with a swirly stick upon its head

So a comet may not have a tail or be a visitor from afar

It might be much more common place, a lonely hairy star.