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Comet Siding Spring and Mars seen one day prior to the comet's closest approach on 19 Oct 2014 at 18:27UTC. Image acquired from iTelescope Siding Spring, Australia. Credit: James Willinghan
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Telescopic snapshot from August 29 captured the Comet Siding Spring, the Small Magellanic Cloud and globular star clusters 47 Tucanae (right) and NGC 362 (upper left).
Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri (CARA Project, CAST)
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Comet 2013 A1 Siding Spring on October 17, 2014, with two days to go until its Martian encounter. Very dense Milkyway starfield in the background with many darker obscured regions. Credit and copyright: Damian Peach/SEN.