In today's image, we see a comet. In many ways, this is much like Halley's Comet. Olber's Comet orbits the Sun just a little faster than Halley's completing an orbit once every 68 years. In two days, it will reach its closest approach to the Sun and is visible through a pair of binoculars.

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