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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Denver Colorado

Date/Time of photo:

26 October 2017, 0552UT

Equipment:

11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

Magnitude 19 Comet 237P/LINEAR has a nice 0.2 degree long tail in this 1 hour average of six 10 minute images. 237P was at Perihelion last October 2016 and is currently 218 million miles from Earth on it's way to Aphelion some 470 million miles from the Sun during it's 6.58 year orbit.

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