Comet Neat
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Common Name: Comet Neat Other Names: Comet C/2001 Q4 RA: Not recorded at time of photo Dec Not recorded at time of photo Constellation: Canis Major (Time of photograph) Distance: 89 million km (time of photograph) Magnitude: 5 (time of photograph) Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 14" Camera: Canon 300D Filters: nil Exposure: Date: April 2004 Where: Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran Lat: 31 16 35.05 S, Long 149 11 33.99 E, Elevation 547metres Notes: Comet Machholz was discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking team at Palomar observatory in 2001 hence its name NEAT 2001.