Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Hale-Bopp Above the Cinqui Torri Mountains
Explanation:
Hale-Bopp may be the most photographed [ http://galileo.ivv.…] comet in history. Above [ http://www.sunrise.…], our photogenic giant flying snowball appeared last month as a backdrop to the "Cinque Torri" Mountains near Contina d'Ampezzo [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Italy. Although the comet is still fairly bright [ http://galileo.ivv.…], it is fading as it recedes from the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and is now more easily visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] from Earth's southern hemisphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Having shed a few meters of ice and rock from its surface, Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://http.hq.eso.…] will coast to the outer Solar System [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and return again in another 2400 years.
Credit and Copyright:
G. Menardi (Col Druscie Obs., ACC)
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
ESO
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Hale-Bopp Comet
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap970610

Hale-Bopp Above the Cinqui Torri Mountains
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