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Photographer:
José J. Chambó
Location of Photo:
Siding Spring, Australia
Date/Time of photo:
2020 September 5, 09:23 UT
Equipment:
Telescope Planewave 20" CDK f/4.4 & Camera FLI PL6303E
Description:
Comet 88P/Howell imaged on September 9, 2020, just as it passed at an angular distance of only 8 arcminutes from the center of the globular cluster NGC 5897 which 24,000 light-years away formed before the spiral arms of our galaxy. The comet has a weak ionic tail that extends at least 15 minutes in length to the east out of the image field.
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