COMETS
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1. 2020 F3 (Neowise)
2. 2019 Y4 (Panstarrs)
3. 2019 U6 (Lemmon)
4. 88P (Howell)
5. 2017 T2 ( Panstarrs)
6. 2019 N1 (ATLAS)
7. 2P / Encke
8. 2020 M3 (Atlas)
9. 2017 K2 (Panstarrs)
10. 249P Linear
11. 2020 K8 Catalina (Atlas)
12. 84P Giclas
13. 156P Russell Linear
14. 2020 S3 Erasmus
15. 2018 F4 Panstarrs
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16. 254 P McNaught
Left to Right: In the photo, note the two stars in the lower left corner. In the center photo, which is an annotated image of the plate solve, you can see those two prominent stars labelled as Tycho 7512-319-1 (lower) and Tycho 7512-1238-1 and its companion, Tycho 7512-1238-2. The rightmost photo is a screenshot from Sky Safari (same date and time as the photo). Note how the two stars, along with the Comet, form a straight line, and how the objects are almost evenly spaced from each other. In the leftmost photo, I have identified what I think is the Comet using this rationale. It is very faint — magnitude 18.
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17. 2017 B3 Linear
Left to Right: In the photo, note that the Comet, Tycho 0587-0941-1, and Tycho 0587-0752-1 form a triangle. You can see this plainly in the center photo, which is a screenshot from Sky Safari (same date and time as the photo). The rightmost photo is an annotated image of the plate solve to show the identifications of the stars. Notice that the distance between the lower left star and the Comet is slightly shorter than the distance between the lower left star and the lower right star.
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