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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Комета Хейла-Боппа - самая яркая комета 20 столетия http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1163423/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Angel Sanchez (AAGC)
Explanation:
A comet as bright as
Comet Hale-Bopp
is very rare indeed. No comet has emitted or reflected this much
light since possibly the Great
Comet of 1811.
However, since Comet Hale-Bopp
is across the inner Solar System from us, it does not appear
as bright as Comet West
did in 1975. The Great Comet
of 1996, Comet Hyakutake, was relatively
dim but also appeared bright since it passed close to the Earth.
Above, Comet Hale-Bopp
was photographed high over the town of Las Palmas of the Spanish
Canary Islands, on March 11th.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.