Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
Taken by Artyom Novichonok on May 7, 2014 @
remotely Siding Spring, AU
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Date Taken: 2014:05:08 00:29:03
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Damocloid asteroid 2013 UQ4 was discovered in the autumn of 2013. Observations carried out by A. Novichonok and T. Prystavski on May 07.82, 2014 revealed cometary activity of this object. In addition, this newly discovered comet is expected to be bright in the mid of summer, attaining magnitude up to 7 mag and having good conditions for observations in the Northern Hemisphere. 2013 UQ4 will pass perihelion on July 5th, 2014 at a distance of 1.08 a.u. being close to Earth at the same time (0.31 a. u. on July 10th). Close approach to Earth at the perihelion and also sufficiently large nucleus make this comet shine bright throughout the hot summer nights!
Read more:
http://cometbase.net/en/news/34
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