Comet C/2012 V2 (LINEAR) passed the bright spiral galaxy NGC 2997 in the southern constellation Antlia the Air Pump on September 29. At the time, the comet was 17 light-minutes away while NGC 2997 was 38 million light-years from Earth. (4.3-inch refractor at f/5.6, SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera, LRGB image with exposures of 15, 2, 2, and 2 minutes, respectively, taken September 29, 2013, at 18h19m UT)