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Photographer:

José J. Chambó Bris

Location of Photo:

Siding Spring (Australia)

Date/Time of photo:

Aug 11, 2015 @ 08:56 UT

Equipment:

Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm. f/5.0 refractor & FLI ML16803 camera

Description:

Comet C/2013 Q1 (PANSTARRS) imaged on August 11, 2015. After its perihelion showed this unusual double dust tail: the "nominal" directed towards East with 1.5 degrees long, and the other towards North (upwards) with more than 2 degree long shaped by very heavy particles that were left behind in the orbital trajectory of the comet.

Website:

http://cometografia.es

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