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Old 29-11-2013, 03:45 PM
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Interesting how Ison fades on close approach and re-appears at similar brightness, the comet itself is only small, the tail is being blown by solar winds at high rates thus spreading debre vastly, hence, less dense tail, therefore harder to detect, possibly ? ?
Any-which-way, intriguing over next 12/24 hrs.
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