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2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) today with the t30 scope at Siding Spring Observatory. This small comet is in the western region of Orion. It looks quite healthy with a "V" shaped twin tail. Don't be fooled by this image though as it was taken with a 20-inch 510mm scope and 600 seconds! Notice the nice almost face on galaxy to the left of the comet and a couple of other edge on galaxies. The white line at top is a satellite.

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