Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR between galaxies, Pepe Chambó

Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR between galaxies

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Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR between galaxies, Pepe Chambó

Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR between galaxies

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Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) imaged on August 5, 2014 from Siding Spring, Australia. Shining at 10 magnitude the comet has a coma of 7' diameter and also showing a wide and weak tail of dust that comes out of field toward northwest. The middle of the image is dominated by three spiral barred galaxies, from right to left: NGC 7332B, NGC 7233 and NGC 7232 around two 8th magnitude stars, all the group located inside of constellation of Grus.

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Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR between galaxies, Pepe Chambó

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