| Object | Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) |
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| Description | Comet SWAN showed a bright blue-green coma and an impressive tail. Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) was discovered in June in public images from the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) instrument of NASA and ESA’s Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft. Comet SWAN’s unusual orbit appears to be hyperbolic, meaning that it will likely go off into interstellar space, never to return |
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| Scope | C8 & meade 6.3 fr |
| Camera | ST-7E |
| Mount | Losmandy G11 |
| Filters | Custom Scientific LRGB |
| Guiding | Self Guided |
| Exposure Info | luminance 16x30seconds. RGB 16x30 seconds binned 2x2 |
| Date | October 28, 2006 |
| Copyright | Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory |