Good morning. It’s March 7, and right this moment’s picture options a Halley-type comet that’s presently approaching the Sun. It will attain perihelion on April 21.
The comet, named 12P/Pons–Brooks, options a brilliant ion tail, and its nucleus is estimated to be round 30 km in diameter. The comet ought to brighten additional as it nears the Sun in the coming weeks. However, at an obvious magnitude of 4.5, it is unlikely to be seen to the bare eye—that is why now we have telescopes.
12P/Pons–Brooks was imaged right here by the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy. The coated subject of view is about 16×11 sq. levels, and there’s a bonus photobombing by the Andromeda Galaxy.
Source: Gianluca Masi
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