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Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: A Preview for Act I
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina imaged on June 22nd, 2013. Image credit and copyright: Efrain Morales
Live in (or planning on visiting) the southern hemisphere soon? A first time visitor to the inner solar system is ready to put on the first of a two part act starting this month, as Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina breaks +10th magnitude and crosses southern hemisphere skies.
Though we’ve overdue for a this generation’s ‘great comet,’ we’ve had a steady stream of fine binocular comets in 2015, including 2014 Q2 Lovejoy, 2014 Q1 PanSTARRS, and 2015 G2 MASTER. US10 Catalina looks to follow this trend, topping out at just above naked eye visibility in late 2015 going into early 2016.
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Post tags: 2015 astronomy, 2015 comets, binocular comets, G2 MASTER, southern hemisphere sky, US10 Catalina
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