... Comet Garradd and the Coat Hanger . ... Sweeping through planet Earth's night sky, last weekend Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) visited this lovely star field along the Milky Way in the constellation Vulpecula. Suggestively oriented, the colorful skyscape features stars in the asterism known as the Coat Hanger with the comet's tail pointing toward the southeast. ... Stars born.. ... To some, the outline of the open cluster of stars M6 resembles a butterfly. ... Comet Garradd Passes Ten Thousand Stars . ...