Comet 217P Linear crosses the belt of Orion September 27 2009 Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day

September 27 2009 Comet 217P Linear crosses the belt of Orion

After crossing the belt of Orion, M42 / M43, Comet 217P Linear, magnitude 9.8, is now nestled in the open cluster NGC 1981 just above the large blue reflection nebula NGC 1977 also known as the Running Man Nebula. Global Rent A Scope New Mexico GRS-14 APO Tak FSQ 106 SBIG STL11000 300 sec LRGB
Submitted by: Rolando Ligustri (CAST) (R Ligustri)	Location: GRAS NM G14	Date: September 26 2009

2009-09-27 01:27:49 GMT Rob_K

Beautiful image of a special event Rolando!!!

2009-09-27 03:22:03 GMT TonyF

Amazing image of Comet 217P and Orion Nebula

2009-09-27 10:23:28 GMT xumaxer

Very, very nice!
Congrats!

2009-09-27 11:00:55 GMT DaveM

Great image, Thanks

2009-10-02 12:09:28 GMT ak666666

Unbelievable!

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September 27 2009