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Credit & Copyright: Casper ter Kuile and Robert Haas, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, Courtesy
JPL
Explanation:
Comet Hyakutake is
seen here
just as the
Sun sets on April 22. As April
draws to a close, Comet Hyakutake will be visible only just after sunset
and will be hard to discern against the brightly lit sky.
Unfortunately, Comet Hyakutake did not brighten as much as hoped
during its journey to the inner
Solar System, and is now not supposed to
get as bright as it did when it passed the
Earth in late March.
Nevertheless, Comet Hyakutake is still a
bright comet and
spectacular sight.
Latest Comet Hyakutake images:
APOD Hyakutake Archive,
JPL,
Fayetteville
Observer-Times,
NASA's Night of
the Comet,
ICSTARS,
Jerry Lodriguss,
ScienceWeb,
Crni Vrh Obs.,
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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 - Sun - comet Hyakutake
Publications with words: comet - Sun - comet Hyakutake
See also:
- APOD: 2025 September 30 Á Comet Lemmon Brightens
- APOD: 2025 September 29 Á Two Camera Comets in One Sky
- APOD: 2025 September 26 Á A SWAN an ATLAS and Mars
- APOD: 2025 September 18 Á Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN
- APOD: 2025 September 16 Á New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico
- APOD: 2025 July 30 Á Coronal Loops on the Sun
- APOD: 2025 July 7 Á Interstellar Comet 3I ATLAS