APOD on Nostr: **Astronomy Picture of the Day** 28 June 2024 **Comet 13P/Olbers** Image Credit & ...
**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
28 June 2024
**Comet 13P/Olbers**
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett
Not a paradox, Comet 13P/Olbers is returning to the inner Solar System after 68 years. The periodic, Halley-type comet will reach its next perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on June 30 and has become a target for binocular viewing low in planet Earth's northern hemisphere night skies. But this sharp telescopic image of 13P is composed of stacked exposures made on the night of June 25. It easily reveals shifting details in the bright comet's torn and tattered ion tail buffeted by the wind from an active Sun, along with a broad, fanned-out dust tail and slightly greenish coma. The frame spans over two degrees across a background of faint stars toward the constellation Lynx.
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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240628.htmlPublished at
2024-06-28 04:06:55Event JSON
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