... 2015 January 17 . Comet Lovejoy's Tail . Image Credit Copyright : Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors) . ... Blown by the solar wind, the comet's tenuous, structured ion tail streams away from the Sun, growing as this Comet Lovejoy ...
... 2009 December 6 . The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . Credit Copyright: Robert H. McNaught . ... The robotic Ulysses spacecraft fortuitously flew through Comet McNaught 's tail and found, unexpectedly, that the speed of the ...
... 2004 May 12 . The Tails of Comet NEAT (Q4) . Credit Copyright: Chris Schur . ... The Tails of Comet NEAT (Q4) . Credit Copyright: Chris Schur . Explanation: Comet NEAT (Q4) is showing its tails . ...
... 2013 June 29 . PanSTARRS: The Anti TailComet . Image Credit Copyright : Pete Lawrence ( Digital-Astronomy ) . ... perspective looking along the broad, fanned-out dust tail as it trailed behind the comet created the appearance of an anti-tail ...
... 2009 February 25 . Two Tails of Comet Lulin . Credit Copyright: Richard Richins ( NMSU ) . ... to the coma's left trailing behind the comet , while the textured bluish-glowing ion tail is visible to the coma's right ...
... APOD: 1998 July 17 - Hyakutake: Stars Through A Comet's Tail . ... Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper) shining through the comet's long, graceful tail ... Blown by the solar wind, comettails generally point away from the Sun. | Archive | ...
... 2002 May 15 . Tail Wags of Comet Ikeya-Zhang . Credit Copyright: Michael Karrer . ... The above animation documents how Comet Ikeya-Zhang's tail changed over 30 minutes in ten consecutive 3-minute exposures on ...
... 2007 January 22 . The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . Credit Copyright: Robert H. McNaught . ... Explanation: Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. ...
... APOD: 2005 May 22 - The Dust and Ion Tails of Comet Hale-Bopp . ... Visible above are the two tails shed by Comet Hale-Bopp . ... stars from the open cluster M39 are visible just above the comet's blue ion tail ...
... 2011 October 20 . Tails of Comet Garradd . Image Credit Copyright : Gregg Ruppel . ... from October 15 can find the comet with a lovely green coma, sporting multiple tails, and lingering against a background of ...