Comet 41P near Earth

José J. Chambó

Valencia, Spain

GSO 8″ f/4.0 & Atik 383L+

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak imaged on May 25th 2017, five days before its maximum approaching to Earth at a distance of 0.14 AU. The greenish and very diffuse coma had extended until a diameter of 20 arcminutes, shining around magnitude 7.5.

2017-03-25T00:00:00