By Sunil Kumar | 2022-12-16
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![Community photo entitled by Eliot Herman on 12/20/2022 at Mayhill NM](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2022/12/Sw-occultation-of-NGC2276-by-Comet-C2020-V2.jpg)
On 12/20/2022 08:00 pm by Eliot Herman| Mayhill NM
Comet 2020 V2 is the second brightest at this time. It had a partial occultation of galaxy NGC
2276 that was captured in these two images about 40 minutes apart. Each image is comprised 4 x 120 sec. At this scale the comet is moving quickly across the background sky. An occultation of a moderately bright galaxy by a moderately bright comet is infrequent and a photo opportunity.
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