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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) and The Orion Nebula: View From Chile
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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) and The Orion Nebula: View from ChileAstrophotographer Alan C. Tough: "Still sporting an impressive ion tail, comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is seen here passing by the Great Nebula in Orion, M42."C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is a hyperbolic Oort cloud comet. It passed perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on April 19, 2026, when it was 0.499 AU (75 million km) from the Sun. The comet was discovered by PanSTARRS in images ob…
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