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#Comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs and the Double Cluster (h and χ Persei) taken by ©Raffaele Esposito on 01-26-2020 from ITelescope Mayhill, New Mexico 🇺🇸
spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.p… pic.twitter.com/0jVxzZq25E
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Vote Blue no matter Who!
@marilyngho
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Why is it moving?
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MR Humble 💫❄️☃️
@Todd_Scheve
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When the images making up the gif were taken this comet was 239.29 Million Km away from Earth.
By comparison the double cluster is about 7000 light years away in Perseus.
The double cluster & the comet are both moving but due to the nearness of C/2017 T2 it's easily noticeable.
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Cheryl Amber Dotson
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Beautiful!
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