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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Denver, Colorado

Date/Time of photo:

9 July 2018, 1015UT

Equipment:

11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

This image of Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma was collected in smoky haze in the morning twilight. 38P was 218 million miles from Earth and magnitude 15.8. Comet 38P will reach perihelion in its 37.94 year orbit on November 10 this year when it will be 147 million miles from the Sun. 38P will make its close approach to the Earth on December 17 when it will be 71 million miles from Earth. The comet is predicted to reach about magnitude 9 in December.

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