Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
Powered byPixInsight

Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
Powered byPixInsight

Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Object/Date:
C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) @ 2022 July 15, 17:58 UT

Description:
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) on July 15, 2022, during its closest approach to Earth to a distance of 1.81 AU, coinciding with its expected celestial conjunction with the globular cluster M 10 located in the constellation Ophiuchus. A gaseous green coma surrounds the comet that also projects a long dust tail more than one degree long, and a very faint ionic tail that is directed just towards the cluster.

Data and link to image:
https://cometografia.es/2017k2-panstarrs-2022-07-15/

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), Pepe Chambó

In these public groups

Imaged with APT