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Comet C2017 / K2 Panstarrs, KiwiAstro
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Comet C2017 / K2 Panstarrs

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Comet C2017 / K2 Panstarrs

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Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) has been traveling from the Oort cloud for some 3 million years in a hyperbolic orbit. By July 2022, the celestial visitor will be some 172 million miles (277 million km) from Earth and gradually getting closer.

Captured this morning cca 1am / 26 June 2022.    Processed using CometAlignment in Pixinsight.

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Comet C2017 / K2 Panstarrs, KiwiAstro

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