Saturday, February 24, 2007

Asterie

This comet was discovered on Feb. 1, 2002. It put on a spectacular show in March and April. The photo on the left is by Gerald Rhemann of Austria. The Andromeda galaxy (M31) is in the lower left of the picture. Here is a comet photo by David Renneke taken at 7:45 pm, Mar. 16, 2002, using 800 speed 35 mm film. The exposure time was 30 s.

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