Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  30 Vir  ·  IC 3608  ·  IC 3647  ·  NGC 4578  ·  NGC 4596  ·  NGC 4608  ·  The star 27 Vir  ·  The star ρ Vir
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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, Pepe Chambó
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, Pepe Chambó
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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan on February 14, 2024, while it was located over the Virgo Cluster, a collection of over a thousand galaxies spanning about 8 degrees in the constellation Virgo. In the image field numerous galaxies can be seen, highlighting NGC 4608 just above the comet and NGC 4596 in the direction of its tail; both are lenticular galaxies with a well-defined central bar and are located at a distance of 55 million light-years. The bright blue star is Rho Virginis with a magnitude of 5, while the comet shines at magnitude 9.5 with a green gaseous coma and a tail extending half a degree in length.

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Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan, Pepe Chambó

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