... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Tail Wags of Comet Ikeya Zhang . << Yesterday . 15.05.2002 . Tomorrow >> . ... Michael Karrer Explanation: As Comet Ikeya-Zhang approached the Sun two months ago, it developed a complex blue ion tail ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Comet Hale-Bopp's Developing Tail . << Yesterday . 14.03.1997 . Tomorrow >> . ... Besides the brightness of its coma, a comet is typically remembered by the length of its tails. ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Hale-Bopp's Fickle Ion Tail . << Yesterday . 14.05.1997 . Tomorrow >> . ... ACC ) Explanation: What's happening to Comet Hale-Bopp's blue ion tail? ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Hale-Bopp's Fickle Ion Tail . << Yesterday . 14.05.1997 . Tomorrow >> . ... ACC ) Explanation: What's happening to Comet Hale-Bopp's blue ion tail? ...
... This makes Hyakutake's tail the longest ever recorded and suggests that comet tails are much longer than previously believed. January . February . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Comet Lovejoy s Tail . << Yesterday . 16.01.2015 . Tomorrow >> . ... sky, Comet Lovejoy's greenish coma and blue tinted ion tail stretched across this field of stars in the constellation Taurus on ...
... Subtle hues in the above image captured last week show the dust tail as slightly yellow as its large grains reflecting sunlight achromatically , while the ion tail shines slightly blue as the carbon monoxide ions reflect blue sunlight more efficiently. ...