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Credit & Copyright: Adam Block (Caelum
Observatory),
R. Jay GaBany
(Cosmotography.com)
Explanation:
Comet Pojmanski flew by planet Earth
last weekend on a surprise trip through
the inner solar system.
Then an easy binocular target for morning
skygazers,
Pojmanski ultimately showed off a
long tail,
but it also presented some lovely green-blue hues
as gas molecules in its tenuous coma and tail
fluoresced
in the sunlight.
Astronomers Adam Block and Jay GaBany recorded
this
colorful high-resolution view on March 3rd in the
darkness just before twilight.
The picture spans about two full moons on the sky.
Comet
Pojmanski (C/2006 A1) is outward bound and fading now,
still visible in binoculars for northern hemisphere observers.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet - Coma - comet tail
Publications with words: comet - Coma - comet tail
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- APOD: 2025 February 2 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates
- APOD: 2025 January 28 Á Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay
- APOD: 2025 January 26 Á The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS
- Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope
- APOD: 2025 January 21 Á Comet ATLAS over Brasilia
- APOD: 2025 January 20 Á Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun