Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82
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Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82

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Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82
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Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82

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Object/Date:

C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS @ May 22,2020 22:21 UT

Description:

Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) on 2020 May 22, just as it passed near galaxies M 81 (right) and M 82 (center) in the constellation Ursa Major. On the left, the comet with a brightness around magnitude 9 shows a coma about 5' in angular size and a dust tail of one degree in length. The image is a mosaic composed horizontally of three tiles to cover the field of almost three degrees required by the scene.

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

Data and link to image:

https://cometografia.es/2017t2-20200522/

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Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82, Pepe Chambó

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