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APoD@botsin.space ("Astronomy Picture of the Day") wrote:

Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma

Image Credit & Copyright: Jan Erik Vallestad

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240318.html #APOD

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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. (remote)