Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
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Object
Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
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Description
Comet SWAN showed a bright blue-green coma and an impressive tail. Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) was discovered in June in public images from the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) instrument of NASA and ESA's Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft. Comet SWAN's unusual orbit appears to be hyperbolic, meaning that it will likely go off into interstellar space, never to return -
Image
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Scope
C8 & meade 6.3 fr
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Camera
ST-7E
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Mount
Losmandy G11
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Filters
Custom Scientific LRGB
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Guiding
Self Guided
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Exposure Info
luminance 16x30seconds. RGB 16x30 seconds binned 2x2 -
Date
10/28/2006
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Copyright
Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory
