... Explanation: Only last month the stage was set for Comet LINEAR (C/1999S4 LINEAR) to become the first "naked-eye" comet of Y2K. It didn't fill that role, of course, but it did turn in a very dramatic performance . ...
... Comet McNaught Over New Zealand . Credit Copyright: Minoru Yoneto . Explanation: Comet McNaught is perhaps the most photogenic comet of our time. ...
... Crossing the inner Solar System for ten years to reach the vicinity of the comet in 2014, the robotic spacecraft continues to image the unusual double-lobed comet nucleus . ...
... 2001 March 26 . Comet Hale-Bopp in the Outer Solar System . Credit: Olivier Hainaut ( ESO ) et al., ... MPG/ESO 2.2-m Telescope , WFI , La Silla Observatory , ESO . Explanation: Whatever became of Comet Hale-Bopp ? ...
... Complexity in the tail is created by comet nucleus rotation , variability in the comet surface evaporation rate, and variability of the Sun's magnetic field and solar wind . ...
... 2003 February 10 . Comet NEAT Approaches the Sun . Credit and Copyright: Anton Spenko ( Rezmon Observatory ) . ... Explanation: A comet may likely become visible to the unaided eye over the next few days above the horizon where the Sun has ...
... 2003 February 24 . Comet Neat Passes an Erupting Sun . Credit: SOHO Consortium , LASCO , ESA , NASA . ... Credit: SOHO Consortium , LASCO , ESA , NASA . Explanation: As Comet NEAT flared last week, the Sun roared . ...
... It shows the comet has developed an extensive anti-tail , dust trailing along the comet's orbit (to the left of the coma), stretching more than 3 degrees across the frame. ...
... Pictured here , Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was captured three days ago passing nearly in front of M79 , the globular star cluster visible as the bright spot slightly above and to the left of the comet's green-hued coma. ...
... Pushed out by the pressure of sunlight, the dust tail tends to trail the comet along its orbit while the ion tail , blown by the solar wind, streams away from the comet in the direction opposite the Sun. ...