The tail of the ‘devil’

Chris Schur, taken from Payson, Arizona Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is nearing its April 21 perihelion and continues to put on a show. This 14-minute exposure with an 8-inch f/2 RASA scope reveals a yellow parabolic coma and a billowing ion tail. A pronounced kink in the ion tail marks the site of a disconnection event, whereContinue reading “The tail of the ‘devil’”
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