Photographer:
José J. Chambó
Location of Photo:
Siding Spring, Australia
Date/Time of photo:
2021 January 16, 17:36 UT
Equipment:
Telescope Planewave 20" CDK f/4.4 & Camera FLI PL6303E
Description:
Comet C/2021 A2 (NEOWISE) imaged on January 16, 2021, two weeks after its discovery. Rapidly brightening, the comet has magnitude 11.5 in this image, registering a very faint green coma with about 3 arcminutes elongated to northeast, without tail. This comet could reach magnitde 10.5 in February.
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