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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
stim3on@fosstodon.org ("Simeon Schmauß") wrote:
What a beauty! This is comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) passing through the field of view of the LASCO C3 coronagraph.
It wasn't for certain whether it would survive it's closest approach to the sun on January 13th, but it did and delivered us a spectacular show!
Attachments:
- black and white video showing a circular patch of the nightsky. The sun is in the middle (but blocked out) and streams of solar wind are flowing radially away from it. The comet appears on the top right edge of the frame, followed by its long and very textured tail with many bands or striations The tail is pointing to the top right and is slightly curved to the right. The comet moves to the left edge of the image, forming an arc around the sun. (remote)