Telescopic view of Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) with its coma and dust tail, passing near Mars on October 19th. The image also shows the Small Magellanic Cloud, and globular clusters 47 Tucanae and NGC 362. A near miss for Mars, but great views from Earth's Southern Hemisphere!

Astronomy Picture from 04/09/2014

Cloud, Clusters and Comet Siding Spring

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140904.html


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