Friday, October 15, 2010

APOD 1.6

Pacman and Hartley

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In this picture is comet Hartley 2.  On October 20th this comet is going to make its closest approach to their earth and on October 28th it will make its closest approach to the sun.  This comet may even become visible to the naked eye.  To the left of the picture is the pacman nebula.  This nebula is defined by its red dust clouds. 

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