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Radu Anghel
Romania
06/19/2022
01:00 am

Equipment Details:

8" f/12 + CCD

Image Details:

C/2017 K2 - a comet at only 290 million km from us, with a coma diameter of more then 100.000 km and a tail of more then 800.000 km!
Easy to spot with small telescopes and even with binoculars.
On July 16 will be only half degree apart from globular cluster Messier 10.

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