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Source: Novosibirsk State University –
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Mikhail Maslov, an engineer at the Vega Observatory at Novosibirsk State University, captured the second-brightest comet to date, C/2025 R2 SWAN. The footage was taken in the Iskitim district of the Novosibirsk region. The comet currently hangs low on the horizon in the evenings.
"This is a recently discovered comet, currently the second brightest after C/2015 A6 Lemmon. Previously visible in the Southern Hemisphere, it's now moving into the Northern Hemisphere, but still low in altitude. It will be visible in telescopes and binoculars in the evenings over the next three weeks," said Mikhail Maslov.
It probably had not been in the Solar System before, since its orbit is weakly hyperbolic, that is, open and non-periodic.
“This comet will fly through the inner regions of the solar system once and, most likely, will not return,” added Mikhail Maslov.
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