Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656
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Comet 45P sails in the dark, Pepe Chambó
Comet 45P sails in the dark
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Comet 45P sails in the dark, Pepe Chambó
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Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova sails on the dark sky again, away from the Moon, rides the constellation Canes Venatici, at its right side the Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) seems ascend in the field. A little more up float the Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656), an exotic irregular galaxy. The comet still shows a big coma with intense green color, at same time that deploys a dust tail toward west (downwards).

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Comet 45P sails in the dark, Pepe Chambó

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