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Credit & Copyright: Casper ter Kuile and Robert Haas, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, Courtesy
JPL
Explanation:
Comet Hyakutake is
seen here
just as the
Sun sets on April 22. As April
draws to a close, Comet Hyakutake will be visible only just after sunset
and will be hard to discern against the brightly lit sky.
Unfortunately, Comet Hyakutake did not brighten as much as hoped
during its journey to the inner
Solar System, and is now not supposed to
get as bright as it did when it passed the
Earth in late March.
Nevertheless, Comet Hyakutake is still a
bright comet and
spectacular sight.
Latest Comet Hyakutake images:
APOD Hyakutake Archive,
JPL,
Fayetteville
Observer-Times,
NASA's Night of
the Comet,
ICSTARS,
Jerry Lodriguss,
ScienceWeb,
Crni Vrh Obs.,
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: comet - Sun - comet Hyakutake
Publications with words: comet - Sun - comet Hyakutake
See also:
- APOD: 2024 April 17 Á Total Eclipse and Comets
- APOD: 2024 April 8 Á The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons Brooks
- Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
- APOD: 2024 March 18 Á Comet Pons Brooks Swirling Coma
- Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring
- APOD: 2024 February 19 Á Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe
- Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons Brooks