A billowing tail
Allen Hwang from Deming, New Mexico Before slipping into the morning twilight, Comet PanSTARRS put on a show April 18 as its ion tail took on a smoky, billowing appearance, likely due to a passing solar storm. The imager captured 7.5 minutes of exposure with an 11-inch RASA scope. The post A billowing tail appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.
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