Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Comet Hale-Bopp and the North America Nebula
Explanation:
Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://www2.jpl.nas…]'s 1997 encounter with the inner Solar System [ http://www.nineplan…] allowed many breath-taking pictures [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…bopp ]. Above [ http://www.skylook.…], Comet Hale-Bopp was photographed crossing the constellation of Cygnus, sporting spectacular yellow dust and blue ion tails [ http://www.ifa.hawa…]. Visible on the right in red is the North America Nebula [ http://www.seds.org…], a bright emission nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] observable from a dark location with binoculars. The North America Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is about 1500 light-years [ http://starchild.gs…] away, much farther than the comet, which was only about 8 light minutes away. Several bright blue stars from the open cluster [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] M39 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are visible just above the comet's blue ion tail [ http://pwg.gsfc.nas…].
Credit and Copyright:
Juan Carlos Casado [ http://www.skylook.…]
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Arizona
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Hawaii
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
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Cygnus
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comet
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Comet Hale-Bopp
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nebula
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Hale-Bopp Comet
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap041003

Comet Hale-Bopp and the North America Nebula
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