Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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9.9 Magnitude comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Dec 04, 2021, Dan Bartlett
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9.9 Magnitude comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Dec 04, 2021

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9.9 Magnitude comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Dec 04, 2021, Dan Bartlett
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9.9 Magnitude comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Dec 04, 2021

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Overshadowed by C/2021 A1 Leonard, 67P has turned out to be a fine object sitting a little better than Magnitude 10.  Perihelion was a month ago, November 2nd and closest approach to the earth on November 12th, there appears to have multiple tails , including a potential orbital plane tail.
Dan

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WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1756.545325 2618.972839] px -> [RA:  8 51 08.036  Dec: +27 06 00.14]
Resolution ............... 0.800 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -45.034 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-12-05 10:03:13 UTC
Focal distance ........... 618.74 mm
Pixel size ............... 2.40 um
Field of view ............ 46' 50.6" x 1d 9' 50.8"
Image center ............. RA:  8 51 08.039  Dec: +27 06 00.15
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA:  8 50 31.160  Dec: +27 47 14.77
   top-right ............. RA:  8 48 02.423  Dec: +27 13 59.09
   bottom-left ........... RA:  8 54 13.208  Dec: +26 57 46.00
   bottom-right .......... RA:  8 51 44.468  Dec: +26 24 44.93

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9.9 Magnitude comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Dec 04, 2021, Dan Bartlett