Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
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Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Pepe Chambó
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Object/Date:
C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) @ 2023 February 17, 21:29 UT

Description:
comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), imaged on February 17, 2023, is already moving away and its brightness has slightly decreased to magnitude 10.5. It has a wide green coma measuring 6 arcminutes in size but with low condensation. It is located against the background of the Milky Way in Taurus and near the Sh 2-240 nebula, a supernova remnant from which some reddish structures on its periphery can be observed.

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Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Pepe Chambó