{"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-600x362.png 600w, 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-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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/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. See my blog entry below for more details of the comet. https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/comet-c2017t2 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Comet C\/2017 T2 passes the Sword Handle - Star-Gazing","description":"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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