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Space Weather News for Feb. 6, 2017
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GREEN COMET APPROACHES EARTH: This week, a small green comet named
"45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova" (45P for short) is approaching Earth for one of
the closest comet flybys of the Space Age. On the nights around Feb. 11th,
Comet 45P will be an easy target for binoculars and small telescopes, revealing
itself in eyepieces as an emerald colored fuzzball. Visit today's edition of
Spaceweather.com for sky maps and to find out what makes this little comet so
green.
 
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Above: Michael J„ger of Stixendorf, Austria, took this picture of
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova on Dec. 31, 2016, just as the comet was swinging
around the sun en route to Earth.
 
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Roger

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