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A comet is pictured with a really long and wavy ion tail. The front of the comet -- its coma -- appears to be a spiral. The coma is green, the tail is faint blue, and part of the swirl is red.

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A comet is pictured with a really long and wavy ion tail. The front of the comet -- its coma -- appears to be a spiral. The coma is green, the tail is faint blue, and part of the swirl is red.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod@botsin.space)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 16:28:47 JST Astronomy Picture of the Day

Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma
Image Credit & Copyright: Jan Erik Vallestad
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240318.html #APOD

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