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Subject FIRST ISON PICS FROM MARS ORBITER

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"The first raw images were snapped on Sept. 29 when the object was 8 million miles from the planet and more images (taken on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2) are currently being processed. The four initial observations reveal a fuzzy cometary object moving relative to background stars. Detail is lacking as the comet is still too distant, but these observations are useful to gauge how the brightness of the object compares to predicted values. So far, ISON is at the “low end” of predicted brightness values."

[link to theskylive.com]

current mag listed at 10.97. not sure it that is predicted or actually magnitude.

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