Comet 2024 July 4th. During closest approach today, july 20, 2024, the celestial visitor will pass close to galaxy ngc 3219 on the dome of our sky. But this sharp telescopic image of 13p is composed of stacked exposures made on the night of june 25.
Comet 13p/olbers on the evening of 2024 july 9 was magnitude g=6.9 as calculated from 2 different sets of 10x30s images taken thru a green filter in an aperture. The full buck moon rises behind molfetta cathedral in italy on july 4, 2023.
