Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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ISON last night, Pepe Chambó
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November 20 was the last night to see the comet before dawn in its way to perihelion. At 5 magnitude, to the limit for see it at naked eye. Although not fit in the 1,5º field of image, it shows a long bluish gas tail, inside seems have a narrow orange band caused by sodium emission that only occurs near the Sun.

Full story in the Blog  Cometografia.es

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ISON last night, Pepe Chambó

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