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How to See 209P/LINEAR, the Comet Brewing Up Saturday’s Meteor Shower
Comet 209P/LINEAR may still be faint but it’s a beautiful object in this time exposure by Austrian astrophotographer Michael Jaeger. The stars appear as trails because the photographer guided on the comet during the exposure. Visually the comet is a faint, compact fuzzball seen through large amateur telescopes.
As we anxiously await the arrival of a potentially rich new meteor shower this weekend, its parent comet, 209P/LINEAR, draws ever closer and brighter. Today it shines feebly at around magnitude +14 yet possesses a classic form with bright head and tail. It’s rapidly approaching Earth, picking up speed every night and hopefully will be bright enough to see in your telescope very soon. (…)
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© Bob King for Universe Today, 2014. |
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