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Close-up of comet on 30 April
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Close-up of comet on 30 April

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A close-up view of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, created by stacking a series of 10 minute exposures, is included in this version of the image taken on 30 April 2014 by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera. The comet is seen towards the constellation of Ophiuchus (note that from the vantage point of Earth, both the comet and Rosetta are presently in Sagittarius) and the globular cluster M107 can also be seen in the field of view. The comet is already displaying a coma, which extends over 1300 km from the nucleus. 

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

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