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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

2024 July 31, 1005UT

Equipment:

50mm f/3.5 refractor and ST-402ME CCD camera

Description:

Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR was magnitude G=14.3 on the morning of 2024 August 1 MST. The comet is near peak brightness for this orbit into the inner solar system unless of course it should decide to have an unexpected eruption.