Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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The red tail of Comet Panstarrs, Pepe Chambó
The red tail of Comet Panstarrs
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The red tail of Comet Panstarrs

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The comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) imaged during twilight on March 15 2013 before hide behind trees of Sierra Enguera, Spain. Besides of wide and curved dust tail of 1 deg. long, the comet shows a straight and narrow redish tail of unconfirmed nature: a sodium tail?

Full story in the Blog  [url=http://cometografia.es/2013/03/cola-roja-panstarrs/# googtrans (es | en)]Cometografia.es[/url]

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The red tail of Comet Panstarrs, Pepe Chambó

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