Skylog: Heliosphere

Comet C/2006 W3 Christensen

Comet C/2006 W3 Christensen now magnitude 8.5.  It has be slowly and steadily increasing in magnitude.  The comet should reach magnitude 7.8 ~ 8. in July.





just to compare here is any image from Nov 2009 when Comet C/2006 W3 was mag 9.8




Seiichi Yoshishida's comet light curves