夜空中的庞斯-布鲁克斯彗星

2024年4月4日

Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`

Explanation: In dark evening skies over June Lake, northern hemisphere, planet Earth, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks stood just above the western horizon on March 30. Its twisted turbulent ion tail and diffuse greenish coma are captured in this two degree wide telescopic field of view along with bright yellowish star Hamal also known as Alpha Arietis. Now Pons-Brooks has moved out of the northern night though, approaching perihelion on April 21. On April 8 you might still spot the comet in daytime skies. But to do it, you will have to stand in the path of totality and look away from the spectacle of an alluring solar corona and totally eclipsed Sun.

NASA Coverage: Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8

Tomorrow’s picture: pixels in space

夜空中的庞斯-布鲁克斯彗星
影像提供与版权: Dan Bartlett`

说明: 3月30日，在地球北半球六月湖上空漆黑的夜空中，12P/庞斯-布鲁克斯彗星矗立在西方地平线上方。在这个两度宽的望远镜视野中捕捉到了它扭曲的湍流离子尾和弥漫的绿色彗发，与明亮的淡黄色恒星哈马尔（白羊座阿尔法星）一起。现在，庞斯-布鲁克斯彗星已经脱离了北方的夜晚，并在4月21日接近近日点。4月8日，您仍然可能在白天的天空中看到这颗彗星，但要做到这一点，你必须站在日全食的路径上，在月球的阴影之下，将目光从诱人的日冕和日全食的奇观，移至庞斯-布鲁克斯彗身上。

NASA报道: 2024年4月8日日全食

明日的图片: pixels in space