Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  PGC 1345315  ·  PGC 202900  ·  PGC 2812868  ·  PGC 2813025  ·  PGC 2813233  ·  PGC 2813238  ·  PGC 2813267
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Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs (2024-03-17), KiwiAstro
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Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs (2024-03-17)

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Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs (2024-03-17), KiwiAstro
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Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs (2024-03-17)

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C/2021 S3 (Panstarrs) is a 7th magnitude comet appearing in the constellation Aquila.  It has a parabolic orbit and it closest approach to the Sun will be in March 2024.  I am able to image it around 05h20 in the morning for roughly an hour before too much sunlight negatively impacts.  This is my first capture on the morning of 17th of March.

I have recently learned that this comet is being studied by Researchers at the University of Reading, UK to understand the impact of solar winds as it heads "toward" the sun.  In communication with the lead of the research team, understand that this image is of interest within the study.

Follow up imaging on 2024-04-16 in mono shows the tail straightened (https://astrob.in/rcu775/0/).

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Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs (2024-03-17), KiwiAstro