Comet 141P/Machholz imaged on January 17th, 2021, shows a very diffuse green coma although quite wide with 7 arcminutes and a small condensed internal coma inside which a tail is seen, very short and in anti-solar direction. The image was taken just two days before its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 0.53 AU of our planet.

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