Comet 2008 J1 (Boattini). The comet can be seen as the slightly blurred white dot,just left of centre. Comets leave a trail of debris behind them,seen as a coma or tail. This results from solar radiation breaking up part of the main nucleus (body) of the comet. The coma of comet Boattini can be seen as the blurry patch underneath it. Photographed in the UK on 5th May 2008,using a digital camera attachment on an amateur telescope (60 second exposure,at f4) | |
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