"Capturing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Stunning Images and How to See It"
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a Halley-type comet, is approaching the Sun and is expected to reach perihelion on April 21. With a brilliant ion tail and an estimated 30 km diameter nucleus, it should brighten further in the coming weeks. The comet was imaged by the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Italy, with the Andromeda Galaxy photobombing the shot.
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