Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs, Pepe Chambó
The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs
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The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs

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The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs, Pepe Chambó
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The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs

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At the begining the month of May 2013 an anti-tail started to become evident on the comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), a narrow tail that aim at Sun (toward left in the image); this type of tail only is seeable when the Earth is near to comet orbital plane.

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The anti-tail of the comet Panstarrs, Pepe Chambó

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