Image of Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) captured on Nov 8, 2015 between 3:00 and 4:00 UT. Image taken with a 17 inches telescope for a total exposure time of approximately 50 minutes.
Comet Johnson is currently at a distance of 866 million km from the sun, approximately of magnitude 17. It is expected to become quite bright in January 2017 reaching 6th or 7th magnitude.
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