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Old 20-03-2016, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by astronobob View Post
Pretty awesome Justin, ,
Is this comet going closer to the sun, and/or expected to brighten much more , I havent bothered checking it all out yet
We got no sky here for what seems like for-ever Lol
Thanks Bob!

Perihelion was on March 15, closest approach to Earth is March 22nd 01:13.
Current visual observation by Michael Mattiazzo has it at Mag 4.5, a week after the 22nd it will probably be around Mag 6.
But 252P has already surprised everyone and may still do so.

Cheers,

Justin.
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