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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

10 October 2021, 0537 UT

Equipment:

11" SCT and STF-8300M Camera

Description:

In these images Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley is magnitude 17 with a small coma and a faint fan tail above the coma. The comet will slowly brighten over the next year and is expected to brighten to magnitude 15 by January 2023.