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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

15 November 2021, 1235 UT

Equipment:

11" SCT and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell is magnitude 17 in these images and is 185 million miles from Earth. The comet will stay at about magnitude 17 for the next several months. It was at perihelion in it's 7.6 year orbit this past October.