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English: 8 minute exposure of main-belt comet P/2010 A2 with a 24" telescope. You can clearly see signs of a cometary tail in this image taken at 2010-01-12 10:15 UT.
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This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-001 at LightBuckets in Rodeo, NM
Raw image from telescope
Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 07 02 58.03 +28 10 39.8 to locate this region of the sky.
Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where the comet is)
Aladin image of this region

Compare also to G. Muler photo at: http://astrosurf.com/nazaret/images/cometas/P2010A2/P2010A2-100108-J47.jpg
Author Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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