2017k2 20210320 jchambo

High resolution image of March 20 C / 2017 K2 (PANSTARRS).
Its brightness is now around the magnitude 14.5, but it appears HUGE, it is still nearly 7 AU from the Sun (perihelion is December 2022) and at that distance it already presents a coma of about 250.000 km in diameter and a dust tail.
IAC-80, Teide Observatory (IAC)
J.J. Chambo, M. Serra-Ricart

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