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C/20219 U6 (Lemmon) on perihelion day. 2020 June 18.
The comet is now closest to the Sun at 0.91AU and is now on its way out of the solar system, not to return for another 9,000 years. It will be closest to Earth on June 29, when it will be 0.82AU (123 million kms) away. Maximum brightness seems to fall just short of naked eye visibility, mag 6.0-6.5.
Note there are both ion and dust tails visible along the same line of sight

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