Photographer:
José J. Chambó
Location of Photo:
Siding Spring, Australia
Date/Time of photo:
2020 October 9, 09:38 UT
Equipment:
Telescope Planewave 20" CDK f/4.4 & Camera FLI PL6303E
Description:
Comet 88P/Howell imaged on October 9, 2020 while passing over the complex of dark nebulae called the Pipe Nebula, in particular at down left and right are the coal-dark dust clouds Barnard 65 and Barnard 66 superimposed on thousands of stars in the Milky Way. The comet has an intense green C2 coma with 6 minute in angular size and no tail visible.
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