Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence now has a very faint slim 0.012 degree long tail pointing WNW of the coma which isn't bad for such a faint comet. In these images the comet is only magnitude 19.3 and is 288 million miles from Earth. 152P will reach perihelion in its 9.48 year orbit in January 2022 but it won't brighten to magnitude 16 until the summer of 2022.

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152P/Helin-Lawrence

  • Observed with: 11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera
  • Seeing: average
  • Light pollution: average