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That's No Comet.  That's Mercury!, Steven Bellavia

That's No Comet. That's Mercury!

That's No Comet.  That's Mercury!, Steven Bellavia

That's No Comet. That's Mercury!

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A 24 million km long plume of gas is ejected from Mercury's thin atmosphere due to the sun, very much like a comet.
This is only visible using a narrowband filter that captures the bright yellow sodium light at 589nm.

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Description: A single frame, when Mercury was photo-bombed by a train of Starlink satellites

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That's No Comet.  That's Mercury!, Steven Bellavia

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