Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014), Pepe Chambó
C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014)
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C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014)

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C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014), Pepe Chambó
C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014)
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C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014)

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The comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) on May 21, 2014 with a magnitude near 8,5. This image taken through a 300 mm lens and field clipped to 3 x 2 degrees shows a short dust tail of 20' long toward east, while its faint ionic tail in a closed angle a bit to south is barely viewed. Toward northeast can be seen the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3726 with 10,4 magnitude.

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C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS (May.21,2014), Pepe Chambó

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