Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Another large snowball is falling toward the Sun. Comet Lee is not expected to become a naked-eye object, though, with recent projections guessing it will peak at magnitude 7 in July. Comet Lee is the fuzzy patch in the above picture taken on April 16 from Loomberah , Australia.
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