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Credit & Copyright: Chris Cook
Explanation:
Have you seen the comet?
As Comet PANSTARRS fades, careful observers -- even with unaided eyes -- should
still be able to find the shedding ice ball on the
western
horizon just after sunset.
Pictured above, Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) was pointed out from a hilltop last
week on
First Encounter Beach in
Massachusetts,
USA.
The comet
was discovered by -- and is named for -- the
Pan-STARRS astronomical
sky
survey that discovered it.
As the comet now recedes
from both the Earth and the Sun, it will remain visible further into the night, although
binoculars or a small telescope will soon to be needed to
find it.
Growing Gallery:
Comet PanSTARRS at Sunset
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- APOD: 2024 December 16 Á A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko
- APOD: 2024 November 27 Á The Meteor and the Comet
- APOD: 2024 November 11 Á The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas
- APOD: 2024 November 6 Á Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas over the Dolomites
- APOD: 2024 October 21 Á Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS over California
- Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS Flys Away
- Most of Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS