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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997
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Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997
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Ten short years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://www.cometogr…] rounded the Sun and offered a dazzling spectacle in planet Earth's night. This stunning view [ http://www.astropix…], recorded shortly after the comet's perihelion passage on April 1, 1997, features the memorable tails [ http://www.ifa.hawa…] of Hale-Bopp -- a whitish dust tail and blue ion tail. Here, the ion tail extends well over ten degrees across the northern sky, fading near the double star clusters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in Perseus, while the head of the comet lies near Almach [ http://www.astro.ui…], a bright star in the constellation Andromeda. Do you remember Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]? The photographer's sons do, pictured in the foreground at ages 12 and 15. In all, Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was reported as visible to the naked eye from roughly late May 1996 through September 1997.
Explanation
Ten short years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://www.cometogr…] rounded the Sun and offered a dazzling spectacle in planet Earth's night. This stunning view [ http://www.astropix…], recorded shortly after the comet's perihelion passage on April 1, 1997, features the memorable tails [ http://www.ifa.hawa…] of Hale-Bopp -- a whitish dust tail and blue ion tail. Here, the ion tail extends well over ten degrees across the northern sky, fading near the double star clusters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in Perseus, while the head of the comet lies near Almach [ http://www.astro.ui…], a bright star in the constellation Andromeda. Do you remember Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]? The photographer's sons do, pictured in the foreground at ages 12 and 15. In all, Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was reported as visible to the naked eye from roughly late May 1996 through September 1997. Explanation
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1997
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1997
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April 1, 1997
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April 1, 1997
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May 1996
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May 1996
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September 1997
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September 1997
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Hawaii
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Hawaii
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Sun
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Sun
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Andromeda
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Andromeda
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Perseus
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Perseus
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comet
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comet
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Hale-Bopp Comet
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Hale-Bopp Comet
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1997
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1997
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1996
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1996
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SPD-APOD-ap070331
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SPD-APOD-ap070331
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