... July 17, 1998 . Hyakutake: Stars Through A Comet's Tail . Credit and Copyright: R. Scott and J. Orman . ... Blown by the solar wind, comettails generally point away from the Sun. Tomorrow's picture: Rockets . < Archive | Index | ...
... 2012 March 3 . Another Tail for Comet Garradd . Image Credit Copyright : Olivier Sedan (Sirene Observatory) . ... From the perspective of earthbound comet watchers the tails are visible on opposite sides of its greenish coma . ...
... August 26, 1995 . Two Tails of Comet West . Credit: Observatoire de Haute, Provence, France . ... The dust tail trailing the comet's nucleus is the most prominent. ...
... The Tails of Comet Hyakutake . Comet Hyakutake and a Cactus . ... What are CometTails Made Of? . Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth . ... The Ion Tail of Comet Hyakutake . Comet Hyakutake's Orbit . ...
... 2016 January 1 . Comet Catalina Tails . Image Credit Copyright : Jos J. Chamb . ... But this telescopic mosaic from December 21 follows the pretty tails of the comet across a field of view as wide as 10 full ...
... 2013 November 17 . The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . Image Credit Copyright: Robert H. McNaught . ... Within the next two weeks of 2013, rapidly brightening Comet ISON might sprout a tail that rivals even Comet McNaught . ...
... 2015 July 21 . CometTails and Star Trails . Image Credit Copyright : Kevin Parker . ... Comet and colorful tails were imaged from Home Observatory in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. ...
... 2007 May 4 . The Iron Tail of Comet McNaught . Credit: M. Fulle, F. Leblanc (INAF) et al. , SECCHI / STEREO , NASA . ... due to neutral iron atoms pushed out by the pressure of sunlight -- the first ever detected neutral iron tail from a comet ...
... 2005 May 22 . The Dust and Ion Tails of Comet Hale-Bopp . Credit Copyright: John Gleason (Celestial Images) . ... Visible above are the two tails shed by Comet Hale-Bopp . ...