... Close inspection, however, shows a 140-meter nucleus offset from the tail center, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernable gas in the tail. ...
... July 17, 1998 . Hyakutake: Stars Through A Comet's Tail . Credit and Copyright: R. Scott and J. Orman . ... they slough off layers of material as gas and dust, forming their characteristic awe-inspiring comas (heads) and tails ...
... That edge-on perspective looking along the broad, fanned-out dust tail as it trailed behind the comet created the appearance of an anti-tail pointing in the sunward direction, back toward the inner solar system. ...
... 2007 July 27 . The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 . Credit Copyright: Steve Mandel ( Galaxy Images ) . ... But, perhaps most intriguing is the spectacular tail stretching up and to the left for about 300,000 light-years from NGC 3628 ...
... 2007 October 3 . Comet Encke's Tail Ripped Off . Credit: Angelos Vourlidas (NRL) et al. , SECCHI / STEREO , NASA . ... But in this case, the collison carried the tail of the comet away. ...
... 2015 July 21 . Comet Tails and Star Trails . Image Credit Copyright : Kevin Parker . ... Comet and colorful tails were imaged from Home Observatory in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. ...
... Following its terrestrial namesake , the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy. ...
... 2007 November 5 . Comet Holmes Grows a Tail . Credit Copyright: Vicent Peris and JosИ Luis Lamadrid ( astrofoto.es ) . ... Pictured above over Spain in three digitally combined exposures, Comet 17P/Holmes now clearly sports a tail. ...
... Following its terrestrial namesake , the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy. ...
... The yellow dust tail, reflecting sunlight, is visible sprawling to the coma's left trailing behind the comet , while the textured bluish-glowing ion tail is visible to the coma's right, pointing away from the Sun. ...