Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Keeping an Eye on Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS, 5.3 x 3.5 degree field, 2022-08-21, Dan Bartlett
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Keeping an Eye on Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS, 5.3 x 3.5 degree field, 2022-08-21

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Keeping an Eye on Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS, 5.3 x 3.5 degree field, 2022-08-21, Dan Bartlett
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Keeping an Eye on Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS, 5.3 x 3.5 degree field, 2022-08-21

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A flipped image attempting to show the "Blue Horsehead" (at least a portion of it) eyeing Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS imaged low in the sky from California USA.  30 x 120 seconds was just enough to cut through the smoke from a new Yosemite wildfire.  Comet C/2017 K2 is around magnitude 8.6 as heads speedily southward towards it's December 19th 2022 perihelion.

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Keeping an Eye on Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS, 5.3 x 3.5 degree field, 2022-08-21, Dan Bartlett