Comet discovered using Canon digicam


	Comet discovered using Canon digicam

moowny

4-1-2007 8:43 AM

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astronomy, photography, comets, green files

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4-13-2007 2:07 AM

copespeak

What a wonderful sight! We had it just hanging there in the south of our Australian sky for night after night. A big white ball with a very long tail.

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