Comet C/2017 PANSTARRS and galaxies M 81 and M 82

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Photographer:

[email protected]

Location of Photo:

Valencia, Spain

Date/Time of photo:

May 22,2020 22:21 UT

Equipment:

Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8, camera Atik 383L+

Description:

Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) on 2020 May 22, just as it passed near galaxies M 81 (right) and M 82 (center) in the constellation Ursa Major. On the left, the comet with a brightness around magnitude 9 shows a coma about 5' in angular size and a dust tail of one degree in length. The image is a mosaic composed horizontally of three tiles to cover the field of almost three degrees required by the scene.

Website:

https://cometografia.es