Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko @ 1.0AU out and 3 months away from Perihelion, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko @ 1.0AU out and 3 months away from Perihelion

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Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko @ 1.0AU out and 3 months away from Perihelion, Dan Bartlett
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Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko @ 1.0AU out and 3 months away from Perihelion

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I placed a  full resolution closeup of  67P in it's linear state in upper right corner of final 2degree x 1.3degree image.  Small/faint green-blue coma surrounding the nucleus.  Star trails were reduced in Pixinsight using the comet alignment process.  This previous to any color calibration.  The final image shows the comet, quite red/brownish in color.  Not sure I agree with the final PCC color calibration.

67P/ will be closest on Nov 02, 2021 and its distance to earth , at that time will be closer - 0.44AU.

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Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko @ 1.0AU out and 3 months away from Perihelion, Dan Bartlett