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Old 05-07-2018, 02:07 PM
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Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) - Out Burst

For those of us in the North this may be worth a look in the early morning:
"APPROACHING GREEN COMET EXPLODES: A comet that could become visible to the naked eye in August has just exploded in brightness. Amateur astronomer Michael Jäger‎ of Austria reports that Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) brightened 16-fold during the late hours of July 2nd, abruptly increasing in magnitude from +12 to +9. He took this picture of the comet's expanding green atmosphere shortly after the outburst:"
Quoted from Spaceweather.com
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