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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Комета Хейла-Боппа и туманность Северная Америка http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1163726/eng |
Credit & Copyright: J. C. Casado
Explanation:
Comet Hale-Bopp's
recent encounter with the inner
Solar System
allowed many breath-taking pictures. Above,
Comet Hale-Bopp was photographed on
March 8th in the constellation of
Cygnus. Visible on the right in red is the
North American Nebula,
a bright
emission nebula
observable from a dark location with binoculars. The North American Nebula is about 1500 light years away,
much farther than the comet,
which was about 8 light minutes away.
Several bright blue stars from the
open cluster
M39 are visible just above the comet's blue
ion tail.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.