SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
José J. Chambó
Location of Photo:
Mayhill, USA
Date/Time of photo:
2021 January 17, 02:39 UT
Equipment:
Telescope Planewave 17" CDK f/4.5 & Camera FLI PL6303E
Description:
Comet 141P/Machholz imaged on January 17, 2021, shows a very diffuse green coma although quite wide with 7 arcminutes and a small condensed internal coma inside which a tail is seen, very short and in anti-solar direction . The image was taken just two days before its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 0.53 U.A. of our planet.
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