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Science Friday: Triple Treat. Eclipse, comet, full moon tonight!


               
2017 Feb 10, 3:49pm   463 views  1 comment

by Dan8267   follow (4)  

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2017/02/07/penumbral-lunar-eclipse-snow-moon-comet/97593778/

A few hours after the eclipse, Comet 45P, which has been visible after sunset for the past two months through binoculars and telescopes, makes its closest approach to Earth, when it will be "only" 7.4 million miles away, NASA said.

Look to the east around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, where it will be visible in the sky in the constellation Hercules. Binoculars or a telescope could be helpful. Watch for a bright blue-green "head" with a tail.

Enjoy!

#scitech

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1   Patrick   2017 Feb 10, 5:19pm  

I will look for it.

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