Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar, Steven Bellavia
Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar
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Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar

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Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar

Discovery Date October 7, 2020
Magnitude 19.3 mag
Discoverer Dmitry A. Duev (Palomar, Zwicky Transient Facility's Twilight Survey)
Several pre-discovery observations were found, dating as far back as Dec. 2019.
The #comet has an orbital period of 5826 years and reached perihelion on July 11, 2021.

Final image(s) binned and cropped to 900x600 pixels, 42 x 28 arcmin (the height of the frame is about the size of a full moon).
The 6.0 second animation represents 1.0 hour of real time.

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