Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  M 14  ·  NGC 6402

Image of the day 04/14/2016

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Comet 252P and M14 on the Milky Way, Pepe Chambó
Comet 252P and M14 on the Milky Way
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Comet 252P and M14 on the Milky Way

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After approaching to 0.036 AU to Earth, the comet 252P/LINEAR has had an outburst that have triggered an oversized coma of 1 degree and has increased its brightness until magnitude 6, being observable at naked eye from dark skies. When was taken this image on April 5th, 2106 the comet passed close to M14, a globular cluster on the Milky Way in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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Comet 252P and M14 on the Milky Way, Pepe Chambó

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