Saturday, June 4, 2022

Comet C/2017 K2(PanSTARRS)



The next months it will be possible to observe (and image) a special comet. Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) is estimated to reach magnitudes around 8. So not visible with the naked eye but as it's the first and only passage near the Sun anything can happen. The comet is an Oort Cloud Comet and after it's passage it will leave our solarsystem.

Some special moments :
- June 18-23 near object IC4665 Summer Beehive Open Star Cluster
- July 14 closest distance 270 million km to Earth
- July 14-18 near object M10 Globular Star Cluster
- August 2-5 near object M107 Globular Star Cluster