Comet US10 Catalina: Our Guide to Act II

(Before It's News)

Looking good… Comet US10 Catalina on September 7th, 2015. Image credit and copyright: Roger Hutchinson.

Itching for some cometary action? After a fine winter’s performance from Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, 2015 has seen a dearth of good northern hemisphere comets. That’s about to change, however, as Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina joins the planetary lineup currently gracing the dawn sky in early November. Currently located in the constellation Centaurus and shining at magnitude +6, Comet US10 Catalina has already put on a fine show for southern hemisphere observers over the last few months during Act I. (…)
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