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The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas - ©
Bray Falls

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241111.html
- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/CometDarkTail_Falls_5122.jpg
- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html

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tcpuccio1962.bsky.social•105 days ago

WOW!

johnny-james.bsky.social•107 days ago

Red 📌

apod.shinyakato.dev•109 days ago

What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently

apod.shinyakato.dev•109 days ago

unclear and a topic of some debate. Possible reasons include a plume of dark dust, different parts of the bright tail being unusually superposed, and a shadow of a dense part of the coma on smaller dust particles. The streak is visible in the featured image taken on October 14 from Texas, USA. To

apod.shinyakato.dev•109 days ago

help future analyses, if you have taken a good image of the comet that clearly shows this dark streak, please send it in to APOD. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has now faded considerably and is returning to the outer Solar System. Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024

ejrfoto.bsky.social•105 days ago

What causes the anti-tail? (assuming that's the leading light streak)

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