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Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile
Explanation:
Comet-like
plumes
are blowing over the volcanic peaks of
Mount
Etna
in this wintry mountain-and-skyscape from planet Earth.
The stacked and blended combination of
individual
exposures recorded during the cold night of
January 23,
also capture naked-eye Comet ZTF just above Etna's snowy slopes.
Of course increasing
sunlight and the solar wind
are responsible for the comet's greenish coma and broad dusty tail.
This weekend Comet ZTF is dashing across
northern skies between north star
Polaris and the Big Dipper.
From a dark site you can only just spot it as a
fuzzy patch though.
That's still an impressive achievement if you consider you are gazing
at a visitor from the
distant
Oort cloud
with your own eyes.
But binoculars or a small telescope will make for an even more
enjoyable view of this
Comet
ZTF in the coming days.
Comet ZTF Gallery:
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- APOD: 2025 February 5 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill
- 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