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1 posted on 12/06/2015 9:10:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Comet Catalina.

Love these heavenly body threads.

3 posted on 12/06/2015 9:19:43 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: SunkenCiv

26 miles away.


7 posted on 12/06/2015 9:47:48 PM PST by Ken H
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To: SunkenCiv
According to Sky & Telescope, it's only about 6th magnitude so binoculars are needed to see it. On Dec. 7 it was 4 and a half degrees to the left (north) of Venus in the constellation Virgo, but it will be rapidly moving further from Venus the next few days.
16 posted on 12/07/2015 8:17:27 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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