Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp, on March 14, 1997. On this photo obtained with a telelens, the dust tail fans out to the right, while the bright, well separated blue ion tail is pointing straight away from the Sun.
Credit:ESO/E. Slawik
About the Image
| Id: | phot-mar14-hbs-2 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
| Size: | 2855 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet Hale-Bopp |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
