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Observing comet Garradd

News • 09/01/2012

The comet will shortly become circumpolar (never sets) from the latitude of Orkney.

Full details are available on the NORTHERN SKIES site at http://www.spanglefish.com/northernskies/index.asp?pageid=338181.

Meanwhile, information on the newly formed Orkney Astronomical Society information may be found at http://www.spanglefish.com/northernskies/index.asp?pageid=362885

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