... perspective from near the outbound comet's orbital plane enhances the view of the anti-tail and makes it seem to point in the sunward direction, only apparently contrary to the behavior of comet dust tails pushed outward by the pressure of sunlight ...
... 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 ...
... 2009 December 6 . The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . Credit Copyright: Robert H. McNaught . ... Its spectacular tail spread across the sky and was breathtaking to behold from dark locations for many Southern Hemisphere ...
... 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. ...
... 2013 November 12 . The Unexpected Tails of Asteroid P5 . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and D. Jewitt ( UCLA ) et al. ... No one is sure. For reasons unknown, the asteroid is now sporting not one but six discernible tails. ...
... 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 . ...
... 2013 March 30 . The Broad Tail of PanSTARRS . Image Credit Copyright : Lorenzo Comolli - Model Overlay: Marco Fulle ( INAF ) . ... Its perspective from planet Earth continues to reveal the comet's broad dust tail. ...