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Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`
Explanation:
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.
Now Pons-Brooks has moved out of the northern night though, approaching
perihelion on April 21.
On
April 8 you might
still spot the comet in daytime skies.
But to do it, you will have to stand in the path of totality and
look away from the spectacle of an
alluring
solar corona and totally eclipsed Sun.
NASA Coverage:
Total
Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- Comet 13P Olbers
- APOD: 2024 June 4 Á Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
- APOD: 2024 April 17 Á Total Eclipse and Comets
- APOD: 2024 April 8 Á The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons Brooks
- APOD: 2024 March 18 Á Comet Pons Brooks Swirling Coma
- Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring
- Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons Brooks