... Explanation : What's that fuzzy star? It's not a star, it's Comet Hale-Bopp . ... Not only has Comet Hale-Bopp become easy to see in the morning sky , it has become hard not to see it. It's that bright. ...
... This pretty star field in the constellation Ophiucus is centered on a star not often ... star classified as a recurrent nova, RS Oph dramatically increased in brightness ...
... Here, background stars appear as faint raised streaks. Comet Hale-Bopp is currently brighter than most stars, and is visible in the morning sky . ...
... Explanation: In this gorgeous skyscape, gas giant Jupiter along with the stars and cosmic dust clouds of the Milky Way hang over the southern horizon in the early morning hours as seen from Stagecoach, Colorado, USA. ...
... The bright stars Vega , Deneb , and Altair form a large triangle on the sky that can be seen rising in the northern early spring during the morning and rising in the northern fall during the evening. ...
... In this night skyscape recorded near Las Campanas Observatory in the Chilean southern Atacama desert on December 5, the new star joins the old in the expansive constellation, seen at early morning hours through a greenish airglow . ...
... Of course, the clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster (aka Melotte 15). ...
... Venus dominates the scene that includes bright star Aldebaran just below and to the right. ... The planets are easy to spot for early morning risers, but this sky also holds two of our solar system's small worlds , Vesta ...
... The comet, a relic of the solar system's formative years, is seen here rising in the morning twilight on January 12 among the stars of Ophiuchus , the Serpent Bearer. ...