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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

10 January 2021, 0532UT

Equipment:

11" SCT and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

Comet P/2007 B1 (Christensen) was at perihelion on Jan 24 when it brightened to about magnitude 19.5. In these images the comet was magnitude 19.6 and 139 million miles from Earth. Asteroid Ichige can be seen in the images moving in a little different direction and speed than the comet, thus it looks like a streak.

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