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Object/Date:
Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) @ Jun.3,2016

Description:
Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) imaged on June 3 2016 when its brightness has dropped until near magnitude 12. Likewise its look has waned since the last image I took two months ago: coma has been reduced to only 2 arcminutes, and the dust tails have merged in a small fan that opens from East to North.

Tech data:
GSO 8" f/3.8 & Canon EOS-100D (4 x 240 sec. at ISO-1600); from Navas de Estena, Ciudad Real (Spai

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