Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pavo (Pav)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Taras Prystavski
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
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Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Taras Prystavski
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
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Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet located only 8 deg over the horizon when the telescope in Chile started imaging.
Dust tail at PA 354 deg is clearly visible, while another tail at PA ~180 deg is very faint
and nearly coincides with the PsAng direction (178 deg). This tail is barely visible on negative image.
As Earth is passing through a comet's orbital plane, probably what we see is the gas tail
and a dust trail at the same time.
Unfortunately, I found comet saturated so had to skip a photometry.

Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
2022 Dec. 22.32 UT  Dia.=&10.2' Dust tail=&47' in PA 354 deg... [T70] 135 mm f/3.5 Samyang Lens + CMOS...
T. Prystavski (iTelescope observatory (remotely from Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile))

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Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Taras Prystavski

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