# @planetary_pan on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_P3bj3IK_b
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33111101-planetary-pan-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/beea283446.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-21T15:27:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) — https://gondola.cc/planetarypan

## Caption

New Comet Alert! ⠀
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Comet ATLAS is breaking up as it goes around the Sun, which is disappointing for all the sky watchers out there. ⠀
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The good news is that Comet SWAN has been discovered in images taken with SOHO. ⠀
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Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) is expected to reach naked-eye visibility by mid-May low in the east at dawn. On April 13th it presents a bright, dense coma and a spike of a tail.⠀
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Credit: Rolando Ligustri⠀
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#comet #cometatlas #cometswan #skyandtelescope #science #space #planetaryscience #smallbodies #coma #tail

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smallbodies, coma, science, cometswan, space, tail, skyandtelescope, comet, planetaryscience, cometatlas

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