Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko imaged on October 9th, 2021, in conjunction with the Crab Nebula (M 1). The comet had a brightness of magnitude 10 in this image, highlighting its gaseous outer coma with an intense green color and dust tail half a degree in length. Sh 2-243, a reddish region of ionized hydrogen, can also be seen to the left of the comet.

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