Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS
Taken by José J. Chambó on January 7, 2018 @
Mayhill, New Mexico, USA
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Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) photographed on January 7th 2018. Still to four months of its perihelion shows a great activity in shape of a unusual ionic tail, intensely bluish because its composition of carbon monoxid, and waving in shreds at mercy of the solar wind. The bright star at down-left is Gamma Tauri, the star at the apex of the V-shaped Hyades star cluster in Taurus.
Photographer's website:
http://cometografia.es
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