Astronomy Picture of Day: Southern Comet# Astronomy - 天文
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Southern Comet
Credit & Copyright: Noel Munford (Palmerston North Astronomical Society, New
Zealand)
Explanation: After a remarkable performance in the northern hemisphere, the
brightest comet in decades is now showing off in the south. Recorded during
evening twilight on January 17, this view features the bright coma and
gorgeous, sweeping tail of Comet McNaught (c/2006 P1) over Lake Horowhenua
in Levin, a small town on New Zealand's North Island. Astronomer Noel
Munford reports that the five s
Credit & Copyright: Noel Munford (Palmerston North Astronomical Society, New
Zealand)
Explanation: After a remarkable performance in the northern hemisphere, the
brightest comet in decades is now showing off in the south. Recorded during
evening twilight on January 17, this view features the bright coma and
gorgeous, sweeping tail of Comet McNaught (c/2006 P1) over Lake Horowhenua
in Levin, a small town on New Zealand's North Island. Astronomer Noel
Munford reports that the five s