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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

6 December 2020, 0214UT

Equipment:

11" SCT and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

In this image Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR is magnitude 17 and 53 million miles from Earth. 11P was at perihelion in its 5.95 year orbit on November 26, 2020 when it brightened to about magnitude 14. The comets tail appears to be starting to swing into view to the east of the nucleus. Comet 11P was moving 0.67 degrees per day across Earths sky.

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