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A bright comet during the 2024 total solar eclipse

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POSTED BY: Jeffrey Bryant
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In case you are interested in a recent view of this comet, here is a composite picture taken in Slovakia by an astrophotographer when the comet is near the Andromeda Galaxy

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=204407

Understand that although the comet looks dramatic and bright in this photo, this picture was made by stacking 47 separate exposures for a total exposure time of 23 minutes and 30 seconds. It's won't look anything near this bright to the naked eye.

POSTED BY: Jeffrey Bryant

For anyone looking for more resources ahead of the April 8, 2024, eclipse (especially Wolfram Language resources for computing and analyzing eclipses), check out Stephen Wolfram's new book "Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation". You get a copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Predicting-Eclipse-Multimillennium-Tale-Computation/dp/1579550878

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