Sunday, March 27, 2016

COMET 252/P (LINEAR) Taken by Marion Haligowski on March 26, 2016 @ Lancaster, PA, USA





Comet 252/P (LINEAR) is seen in the pre dawn sky on March 26, 2016. On March 21st, LINEAR made a historic close pass of Earth. This pass was the fifth closest approach of any comet to date. A bright waining gibbous moon in nearby Virgo made photography difficult this evening. The Ptolemy cluster and the M5 open cluster can be seen in the left of the photograph.


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