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The 'Comet of the Century' Just Grew a Rare Anti-Tail

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The 'Comet of the Century' Just Grew a Rare Anti-Tail

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Space@lemmy.world · 20 days ago

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The phenomenon, known as an anti-tail, is an optical illusion caused by the Earth's position in the comet's orbital plane.

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I saw that on one of my photos and thought it was a lens artifact!
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  Nice! Care to share a picture you took?
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    https://p.drkt.eu/2024/Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.png
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      I’ll imagine it. /s

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