March 11, 2006
In the grand ledger of cosmic time, a human life is breathtakingly brief. But brevity is not insignificance.
Colors of Comet Pojmanski
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APOD published March 11, 2006. Credit: Adam Block (Caelum Observatory), R. Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Comet Pojmanski flew by planet Earth last weekend on a surprise trip through the inner solar system. Then an easy binocular target for morning skygazers, Pojmanski ultimately showed off a long tail, but it also presented some lovely green-blue hues as gas molecules in its tenuous coma and tail fluoresced in the sunlight. Astronomers Adam Block and Jay GaBany recorded this colorful high-resolution view on March 3rd in the darkness just before twilight. The picture spans about one full moon on the sky. Comet Pojmanski (C/2006 A1) is outward bound and fading now, still visible in binoculars for northern hemisphere observers.
Image credit: Adam Block (Caelum Observatory), R. Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com)