Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  The star 2Her
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Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson
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Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson, Pepe Chambó
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Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) imaged on May 2nd 2017, aside from the tail of dust grains that remains to northwest, the comet has a ionic tail more narrower and fainter which departs from coma toward southwest (to bottom right), although is barely visible in this image. The bright red star is "2 Herculis" with 5.4 magnitude.

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Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson, Pepe Chambó

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