New comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto) discovered on November 7th, 2018 visually by Don Machholz (USA) and photographically by Shigehisa Fujikawa and Masayuki Iwamoto (Japan). In this image taken only four days after its discovery, the comet has magnitude 9 at low altitude above horizon, and shows a greenish coma with 5' angular size from which departs a narrow and faint ionic tail towards northeast.

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