Astronomy Picture of the Day - Comet Leonard from Space

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 15 Dec, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoxiao Wang, Yangwang-1 Space Telescope, Origin.Space

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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

Explanation: What does Comet Leonard look like from space? Today's featured image from Origin.Space's Yangwang-1 space telescope shows not only the currently bright comet -- but several other space delights as well. Taken in optical and ultraviolet light, C/2021 A1 (Leonard) is visible with an extended tail near the image center as it appeared five days ago. The Earth is visible on the lower right, while layers of the Earth's atmosphere glow diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. The trails of two satellites can be seen in front of a myriad of distant stars that dot the background on the upper left. The faint bands of light running diagonally from the lower right to the upper left are auroras. Finally, the image also caught a meteor streaking just below the airglow. To see Comet Leonard yourself from the Earth's surface during the next few days, look toward the western horizon just after sunset or just before sunrise.

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[Pollard]

[blueunicorn6]

Don’t be peeping through the Yangwang-1 space telescope.

[M_Continuum]

My thought too

[M_Continuum]

Incredible pic.

[AFB-XYZ]

You beat me to it. Heh. :-)

[Telepathic Intruder]

You cannot tell from this picture, because they all look the same distance away. But I put it like this:

The earth is a little far away. The satellite a little bit farther. The comet a whole lot farther. The stars a lot lot, lot lot lot (insert 100 more lots) farther. Good thing we don't see any galaxies in this picture, or there would be a lot more lots.

[DannyTN]

It’s those comets that aren’t from space that are really concerning. Where are they from? Is someone lobbing them at us?

[Larry Lucido]

No mo’ Nimoy!

[ApplegateRanch]

The comets not from space came from Detroit.

I think they’re all burned up or melted down by now.

[DannyTN]

I heard some comets come from Kit Kustom Cleaner Inc.

They make you vomet.

[Red Badger]

...A close up view..................

[gloryblaze]

((Smile))