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Long Tailed Comet SWAN Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200508.html #CometWAN #Cmet #Space#Astronom #NightSky#SolarWind GreenCmet #Cetu #Aqurius #SOHO SWANCamera Stargazing #Astrohotography #Skywatcher

A telephoto image of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) with its greenish coma and long ion tail stretching across a starfield near the constellations Cetus and Aquarius. The comet was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo using images from the SOHO spacecraft's SWAN camera. The comet is now visible to the naked eye in the morning twilight near the eastern horizon.
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Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this 10 degree wide telephoto field of view. Captured on May 2 its greenish coma was about 6 light-minutes from Earth. The pretty background starfield lies near the border of the constellations Cetus and

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