Credit & Copyright: T. Polakis
Explanation:
Two years ago, the
Great Comet of 1996,
Comet Hyakutake,
inched across our northern sky during its
long orbit around the
Sun. Visible above as the
bright spot with the
faint tail
near the picture's center,
Comet Hyakutake
shares the stage with part of the central band of the
Milky Way Galaxy,
prominent in the picture's upper right. Also visible are
Antares,
the bright orange star in the upper right, Arcturus, the bright star on the lower left, and the
Pipe Nebula,
which is perhaps harder to find.
Comet Hyakutake's
unusually close approach to the
Earth allowed astronomers
to learn many things, including that
comets can emit much X-ray light.
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