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Old 19-12-2016, 07:39 PM
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tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)
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Comet 45P / Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

45P for 18 December 2016 UT.
Brightening rapidly, coma diam = 3.3 arc minutes, tail length 11.9 arc minutes.
Worth getting out for a look, it's around mag 8 and brightening. For us southerners the next ten days are best.
It's low in the western sky in capricornus.

Cheers,

Justin.
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