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Object/Date:
Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) @ Apr.9,2016

Description:
Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) imaged on April 9 2016, with a brightness of magnitude 10 and a coma of 5' diameter, the comet still showing a twin dust tail because to closeness of Earth to its orbital plane: the thrown tail (type II) of 15' toward southeast and the trail tail (type III) of 7' toward north.

Location:
Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain)
	
Tech data:
GSO 8" f/3.8 & Canon EOS-100D (3 x 240 sec. at ISO-1600)