Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

T. Lovejoy, Birkdale, Qld., Australia, reports his discovery of a comet on CCD images obtained with a 20-cm f/2.1 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (discovery observations tabulated below); he described the object as small and well condensed with diameter 15" and a short, faint tail 1' long in p.a. 225 degrees in a crowded star field. 2014 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Observer Aug. 17.71993 6 47 58.86 -41 48 39.3 14.8 Lovejoy 17.72627 6 47 59.54 -41 48 40.2 14.9 " 17.73262 6 48 00.29 -41 48 39.4 14.6 " 18.75659 6 49 36.11 -41 46 36.9 14.7 " 18.76632 6 49 37.32 -41 46 36.2 15.1 " 18.77605 6 49 38.24 -41 46 35.4 14.9 " After the object was posted on the Minor Planet Center's PCCP webpage, C. Jacques, E. Pimentel, and J. Barros report that a 300-s CCD exposure taken with a 0.28-m f/2.2 astrograph at the SONEAR Observatory near Oliveira, Brazil, on Aug. 19.28 UT shows a condensed coma of diameter 25" and red magnitude 14.8.