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Comets


Comet 2P Encke, near Ajo, AZ. Taken 2/21/2017. 500mm f4, Canon 7D MII.

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak passing by the Surfboard
Galaxy and the Owl Nebula. March 21, 2017 near Ajo, AZ.

45P Honda-Mrkos Pajdusakova (2016). Twenty-four frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, 500mm. At the right center are four small galaxies known as the Box. In upper right is NGC 4136. There are some other small galaxies as well. Taken near Ajo, Arizona on February 20, 2017

C/2015 V2 (Johnson) in the constellation Bootes. Imaged near Pierre, SD on May 22, 2017. 500mm.
Comet C2017 O1 (ASASSN1), NGC 1624.
Comet C2017 O1 (ASASSN1) passing by a small nebula, NGC 1624.
Imaged near Sonoita, AZ on October 13, 2017

Links to more comets:
Comet Neowise

Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels

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