Comet 252P/LINEAR & P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)
Taken by José J. Chambó on March 2, 2016 @
Siding Spring, Australia
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Comets 252P/LINEAR and P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) imaged on March 2nd 2016, separated by only 1.5 degrees seem very differents: the 252P with a enormous and greenish gassy envelope while the 2016-BA14 is just a tiny mote between stars, nonetheless the similitude of its orbits seem reveal that really are fragments of a unique comet. Both are approaching to Earth, being its minimum distance 0.0036 and 0.0016 AU between March 21 and 22 (14 and 9 times the lunar distance). Between comets can be viewed the spiral galaxy NGC 2090.
Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm. f/5.0 & SBIG STL-11000M (L:2×240s bin1 + RGB:1x60s Bin2, cropped)
Photographer's website:
http://cometografia.es
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