Picture of the Day ? Comet and Orion

These colorful panels in the picture of today both feature a familiar astronomical sight: the stellar nursery known as the Great Orion Nebula. They also offer an intriguing and unfamiliar detail of the nebula rich skyscape — a passing comet. Recorded this weekend with a remotely operated telescope in New Mexico, the right hand image [...]

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