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Comet Garradd. Credit: Oleg Mazurenko
Comet Garradd has become the talk of the town being the brightest comet in the sky during the past few weeks. Comet Garradd, also known by its nomenclature C/2009 P1, was discovered 2 years ago by Gordon Garradd in Australia.
Oleg Mazurenko captured this photo of Comet Garradd on September 4, 2011 at Manning Park, BC, Canada. He used a Canon 350D camera with Equinox – 80, ISO 1600 and exposure of 2 minutes.
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