... Comet Lovejoy s Tail . ... Sweeping north in planet Earth's sky, Comet Lovejoy's greenish coma and blue tinted ion tail stretched across this field of stars in the constellation Taurus on January 13. The inset at the upper left shows the 1/2 degree angular size of the full moon for scale. ... Super Planet Crash . ... Cataclysmic Dawn . ... Reaching its full phase on the night of January 4/5, it was the first Full Moon of the new year and the first to follow December's solstice. ... January . ...