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Comet C/2014 S2 PANSTARRS (Apr.9,2016), Pepe Chambó

Comet C/2014 S2 PANSTARRS (Apr.9,2016)

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Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) imaged on April 9 2016, with a brightness of magnitude 10 and a coma of 5' diameter, the comet still showing a twin dust tail because to closeness of Earth to its orbital plane: the thrown tail (type II) of 15' toward southeast and the trail tail (type III) of 7' toward north.

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Comet C/2014 S2 PANSTARRS (Apr.9,2016), Pepe Chambó

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