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"Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard), most probably on December 28, 2021."

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Comet 17P/Holmes on November 21, 2007.

Don McCrady CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/48M2T2

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Comet 17P/Holmes (Nov 21, 2007)

After brightening explosively in October 2007, it's coma has begun to expand so much that it's reflection is now more diffuse and is starting to dim.
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A Comet that appeared in 1742, with Observations from March 13 to April 15.

Matthäus Seuttetre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on February 16, 2023.

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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Comet Morehouse on November 16, 1908; glass photographic plate from the Heidelberg Observatory.

Aster Cowart, CC BY-NC 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2h2DCEd

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Comet Morehouse - Heidelberg Observatory

Glass plate photograph of Comet Morehouse (1908c) taken by Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory on the night of November 16, 1908 (~1730z). This plate (13x18cm) was exposed for 600s using the 72cm Walz reflector.
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Comet Hartley2/103P passes the Double Cluster taken October 8, 2010.

Fred Locklear CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8HrxjZ

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Comet Hartley2/103P passes the Double Cluster

NOTE: a video of the individual comet captures can be found over on my YT page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY85SS893TQ This image is a composite of two separate imaging sessions.
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Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on February 13, 2023.

Axlecrusher, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) on December 28, 2021.

cafuego, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2mWXcTG

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Comet 2021 A1 (Leonard)

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Comet C2017 K2 (PANSTAARS) with M10 on July 16, 2022.

Raysastrophotograhy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C 2014Q2 Lovejoy on March 8, 2015.

Keesscherer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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A map of the celestial globe with a comet below; the comet's position is indicated through the month of December 1618.

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Comet Lovejoy - C2014 Q2 on January 10, 2015.

gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/qtoyRS

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Comet Lovejoy - C/2014 Q2

Info this night 10/01/2015 1h total exposure time @1600 ISO (4 shots @3200) 38 shots , each 90sec Canon EOS 50D CentralDS 80/480 Apo Triplet @400mm (0.8x) Youtube transit video -> click here
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet, image captured on January 27, 2023.

Edu INAF, photographer: Alessandro Bianconi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oefrpg

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF): Alessandro Bianconi

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 27.01.2023 C14HD edge + Hyperstar IV 10Micron GM2000HPS II Mount Player One Camera Poseidon-C pro 15x300" Antlia unguided shot for comet 60x20" unguided shot for stars
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Comet PanStarrs (C/2012 K1) on May 5, 2014.

Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet Hyakutake in 1996 by Franz Haar.

Franz Haar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina in Virgo constellation just before dawn of December 9, 2015."

Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet 2021 A1 (Leonard) on January 2, 2022 by Christian Gloor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Hyakutake Passing Ursa Major by Dennis Harper Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8zdDyE

Now imagine we are in ancient times and a huge CME hits the Comet, ripping off fragments that fall to Earth...

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Hyakutake passing Ursa Major or Big Dipper 2

Those are tree tops shading the bottom and right side. Since stars are point light sources they readily peek through the branches. There are no leaves on them in March.
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Comet Morehouse on September 30, 1908.

Edward Emerson Barnard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) near Messier 45, the Pleiades; January 2015.

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Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) and the Pleiades (M45)

28x30sec at ISO 12800 180mm f/4 Nikon D750 Clear sky, no moon, new camera, and news of a comet in Taurus -- who cares if it's a little cold out there....
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Comet C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS on January 16, 2018.

Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona, CC BY-SA 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C2020 F8 (SWAN) on May 1 from Indonesia.

Christian Gloor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Great Comet of 1769 over Amsterdam.

Aart Schouman, ca. 1769, "AS fecit" on image, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet Ikeya, 1963 a, on March 14, 1963.

R. Burnham, Jr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).

Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, CC0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2ofjJqt

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C2022E3_012423

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) The result of 30+ hours of "pushing the outside of the envelope" in PixInsight image processing. See the 3.5 hour time-lapse animation here: flic.kr/p/2ofokk7 C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet from the Oort cloud.
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Fragmentation of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 18, 19 and 20, 2006.

NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI). Animation from three images by User:Vesta, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet Encke" by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (or Witkacy) (1918).

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet Hale-Bopp Star and Constellation Map; 1997.

Tomruen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet Hale-Bopp, negative. (1997)

Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"New Einsiedlerhof and Old Square at the Schifflände with the Comet seen on March 9, 1742, in the morning at 3 AM."

Anonym/e Künstler/in Herrliberger, David, Hans Conrad Nözli, Friedrich Steinfels (früherer Eigentümer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and cropping edits.

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"The view from a fragment of the Shoemaker / Levy 9 comet which fell into Jupiter piece by piece over several days in Late July 1994, around the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11. Acrylic on board for NASA Ames."

Don Davis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp on March 14, 1997.

ESO/E. Slawik, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on Jul 14 2020 by SimgDe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"The Great Comet of 1882, on Oct. 9 at 4h AM (Flammarion.)" from "The Story of the Comets," by George Frederick Chambers (1909).

George Frederick Chambers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The story of the comets, simply told for general readers : Chambers, George Frederick, 1841-1915 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Lefthand side folio 058v and righthand side folio 059r from the "Visboeck" by Adriaen Coenen.

Written and published between 1577 and 1579. The page has the date 1577 above the comet.

Adriaen Coenen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and cropping edits.

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"Comet C2021 A1 (Leonard) and Messier 3" by Brandon Ghany on December 3, 2021.

Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, CC0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2mQVv5w

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C2021A1_M3_120321

Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Messier 3 / M3 / NGC 5272 Comet Leonard appeared to pass between the Whale Galaxy (NGC4631) and the Crowbar Galaxy (NGC4656) in late November.
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Morehouse's Comet (1908, 3.) photographed on November 15, 12h 6m GMT.

George Frederick Chambers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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"Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka, 1969 g. A 3-min exposure on Kodak Ila-O with the Curtis-Schmidt telescope, University of Michigan, located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Plate taken 1969 December 28.06 UT."

V. M. Blanco and Arturo Gomez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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"Coggia's Comet, 1874. Seen from the Pont-Neuf, Paris."

From "The World of Comets" by Amédée Guillemin (1877).

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The world of comets : Guillemin, Amédée, 1826-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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"The Great Comet of 1811" by Unknown (1900).

https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Unbekannt/744358/The-Great-Comet-of-1811,-1900.html

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The Great Comet of 1811, 1900 by Unbekannt: Fine art print

Buy The Great Comet of 1811, 1900 by Unbekannt as fine art print. ✓ High-quality museum grade. ✓ Perfect reproduction
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