#comet

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Gianni de Cono.

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passing by two background galaxies on May 29, 2024 // Brian Valente

The two background galaxies are NGC 4116 (top right) and NGC 4123 (bottom left).

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Comet Leonard Photo: Patrick Dufour

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Comet Leonard

[spacewonder19]

A comet over the mountains in Osaka, Japan ©

[without-ado]

Comet Pons-Brooks l Arcan Serifoglu l Mar. 6 to 14, 2024

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a little bunny looking at the stars in case you're having a bad day.

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oscar woodiwis

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In dark evening skies over June Lake, northern hemisphere, planet Earth, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks stood just above the western horizon on March 30. Its twisted turbulent ion tail and diffuse greenish coma are captured in this two degree wide telescopic field of view along with bright yellowish star Hamal also known as Alpha Arietis.

Image Credit: Dan Bartlett`

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by zachnichols

[quiltofstars]

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and its "anti-tail" on May 29, 2024 // Niall MacNeill

Comets generally feature two tails: the ion tail (blue thin tail in the image) and the dust tail (wide brown fan shaped tail). The ion tail is made of gases and the dust tail is made of, well, dust, both coming off the comet.

The "anti-tail" is a tail that appears to be going towards the Sun, in the opposite direction of the other two tails. This is actually an optical illusion. The anti-tail is made of dust particles that are pushed less by the Sun's light and hang out in the comet's orbit.

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Meteor shower (concepting)

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Comet Pons-Brooks

[spacewonder19]

Intriguing Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks © Michael Jäger

[without-ado]

Comet Leonard l optiquevideo l Québec Canada

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Extremely self indulgent Joel Ellie and Dina being freaks