{"id":3713,"date":"2020-01-23T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2020-01-23T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:50:13","slug":"c2017t2-sword-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/c2017t2-sword-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"Comet C\/2017 T2 passes the Sword Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comet C\/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) is approaching the Double Cluster (Or The Sword Handle) in Perseus over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>See my blog entry below for more details of the comet.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/comet-c2017t2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/comet-c2017t2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comet C\/2017 T2 will be at it&#8217;s closest to the clusters on the 27th of January, when it will be closest to NGC 884.<\/p>\n<p>It takes quite a few days to pass the clusters, so hopefully we&#8217;ll get some clear skies around this time to capture the comet close to them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed.png 256w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fingers-Crossed-210x210.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 29px) 100vw, 29px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have fun.<\/p>\n<p>The map below shows the position of the comet at 0h on the dates shown.<br \/>\nMap generated using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosurf.com\/c2a\/english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>C2A Planetarium Software<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1368\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster.png 1368w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-1000x603.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-1024x618.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-210x127.png 210w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/T2-Double_Cluster-600x362.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1368px) 100vw, 1368px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comet C\/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) is approaching the Double Cluster (Or The Sword Handle) in Perseus over the next few days. 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