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Comet Lulin antitail to the left, ion tail to right Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) as it appeared on October 14th 2024 with a prominent "anti-tail" pointing towards the horizon. Showing how a comet may appear to exhibit a short tail pointing in the opposite direction to its type II or dust tail as viewed from Earth i.e. an antitail
A comet tail and coma are visible features of a comet when they are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner Solar System. As a comet approaches the inner Solar System, solar radiation causes the volatile materials within the comet to vaporize and stream out of the nucleus , carrying dust ...
The anti-tail shows the path where the comet has traveled through space. Comet A3 with its long tail and striking anti-tail. Dan Bartlett. But you need to be prepared.
The comet after that became dimmer, as it moves away from both the Earth and the Sun, however as the elongation became higher, it was easier to spot, despite the brightening Moon. [17] Earth crossed the orbital plane of the comet on 14 October and as a result an anti-tail was observed.
Oct. 15-19: (Comet) may produce an anti-tail — a bright streak that appears to be pointing toward the Sun, opposite the other tails. Oct. 20-31: Comet will be visible with binoculars and telescopes.
The 'comet of the century' will soon be gone for another 80,000 years, but you can still see it this weekend. ... may produce an anti-tail — a bright streak that appears to be pointing toward ...
Oct. 15-19: The comet may produce what's called an anti-tail — a bright streak that appears to be pointing toward the Sun, opposite the other tails. Oct. 20-31 : The comet will be visible with ...
Its tails of dust and gas extended for millions of kilometers and, during January 2023, an anti-tail was also visible. [10] The comet reached its perihelion on 12 January 2023, at a distance of 1.11 AU (166 million km; 103 million mi), and the closest approach to Earth was on 1 February 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU (42 million km; 26 million mi).