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Old 12-June-2008, 04:40 PM
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Default Comet Boattini Sails Towards the Sun

Serious comet chasers have been watching Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) for some time. For awhile, it exceeded its predicted brightness but is back to cruising at normal. During the time this photograph was taken, Boattini was a southern hemisphere object… But not for long. Now its about to round the Sun [...]

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