'Fighting dragons' light up little-known constellation in the Southern sky: Space photo of the week A nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile.

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Negative image of Comet Hale-Bopp in the constellation Pictor. Taken with a 1-meter telescope, this long-exposure shot reveals the comet's substantial tail and a unique anti-tail pointing towards the sun, composed of large dust grains unaffected by solar wind. The comet, last visible in 1997, is currently 400 million miles from the sun.

Astronomy Picture from 20/02/1998

Hale-Bopp: A Continuing Tail

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980220.html


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