标签: 史汪彗星

哈雷彗星与史汪彗星

2020 May 14 Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN Image Credit & Copyright: Luc Perrot (TWAN) Explanation: The pre-dawn hours of May 3rd were moonless as grains of cosmic dust streaked through southern skies above Reunion Island. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through dusty debris streams left behind periodic Comet 1/P Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as...

史汪彗星的长尾

2020 May 8 Long Tailed Comet SWAN Image Credit & Copyright: D. Peach, Chilescope team Explanation: Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this 10 degree wide telephoto field of view. Captured on May 2 its greenish coma was about 6 light-minutes from Earth. The pretty background starfield lies near...