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Sympthsical

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5. McNaught was pretty crazy in 2007

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 10:08 PM

Sep 2023

But the only time to really see it in the U.S. was a little after dawn because it was in Sagittarius which is very, very low in the sky in winter. But even so, it was bright enough to be perceivable in the daylight along the southeastern horizon.

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