Space Weather News for Feb. 6, 2017   
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   GREEN COMET APPROACHES EARTH: This week, a small green comet named   
   "45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova" (45P for short) is approaching Earth for one of   
   the closest comet flybys of the Space Age. On the nights around Feb. 11th,   
   Comet 45P will be an easy target for binoculars and small telescopes,   
   revealing itself in eyepieces as an emerald colored fuzzball. Visit today's   
   edition of Spaceweather.com for sky maps and to find out what makes this   
   little comet so green.   
       
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   Above: Michael J„ger of Stixendorf, Austria, took this picture of   
   45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova on Dec. 31, 2016, just as the comet was swinging   
   around the sun en route to Earth.   
       
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   Roger   
      
   --- DB 3.99 + W10 (1607)   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna (1:3828/7)