Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  24 And  ·  25 And  ·  27 And  ·  29 And  ·  30 And  ·  31 And  ·  35 And  ·  37 And  ·  43 And)  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 224  ·  Part of the constellation Andromeda (And)  ·  The star 32 And  ·  The star Mirach (β And  ·  The star δ And  ·  The star ε And  ·  The star θ And  ·  The star μ And  ·  The star ν And  ·  The star π And  ·  The star ρ And  ·  The star σ And
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy, Pepe Chambó
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy, Pepe Chambó
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on March 12, 2024, when it offered us a beautiful conjunction with the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) within a wide starry field about 15 degrees wide. The comet, with a brightness of magnitude 5.5, showed a bluish ionic tail of at least 6 degrees in length.

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy, Pepe Chambó

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