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Comet C/2002 C1 (153P) Ikeya-Zhang and M31, Albert van Duin
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Comet C/2002 C1 (153P) Ikeya-Zhang and M31

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Comet C/2002 C1 (153P) Ikeya-Zhang and M31, Albert van Duin
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Comet C/2002 C1 (153P) Ikeya-Zhang and M31

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Image taken on April 4, 2002, with an SMC Pentax 200mm F/2.5 on Fuji film, exposure time unknown, probably 5 minutes.

The Pentax ME Super camera was tracking on a Superpolaris mount, without autoguiding.

The comet is periodic, but has an orbital period of 366.51 years!

So we will not see it again in our lifetimes!

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Comet C/2002 C1 (153P) Ikeya-Zhang and M31, Albert van Duin

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