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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

6 December 2020, 0128UT

Equipment:

11" SCT and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

This image shows Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR at magnitude 11.8 as it was 57 million miles from Earth, it has a fan tail 0.039 degrees long to the east of the comet nucleus. 156P was at perihelion in its 6.44 year orbit this past November 17 when it brightened to magnitude 10.

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