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Comet Barnard 2 image

Comet Barnard 2


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LRGB 30:6:6:8, 85% full size. Recently recovered comet Barnard 2. Its last apparition was in 1889 and it is making its way North through the center of the keystone of Hercules. You cant see it too well in this image but in the red channel, there appears to be a dust tail to the lower left or the Southeast. Taken on the night of 8/4/06.