Kometa Hiyakutake prohodit po Solncu
16.05.1996 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

1 maya kometa Hiyakutake proshla samuyu blizkuyu k Solncu tochku (perigelii). V eto vremya ee budet nevozmozhno nablyudat' nikakimi astronomicheskimi instrumentami iz-za ochen' vysokoi yarkosti Solnca. Odnako teleskopy kosmicheskoi Solnechnoi observatorii (SOHO), prednaznachennye dlya pryamyh nablyudenii Solnca, smogut razglyadet' kometu v eto kriticheskoe dlya nee vremya.