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16 paź 2024 · The anti tail as I understand is directly 180 degrees from the comet's tail only when earth intersects the plane of the comet's orbit. If the earth is above or below the plane of the comet's orbit, the anti tail will bend accordingly.
An antitail is an apparent spike projecting from a comet 's coma which seems to go towards the Sun, and thus geometrically opposite to the other tails: the ion tail and the dust tail. Despite a common misunderstanding, this phenomenon is not an optical illusion.
14 paź 2024 · An anti-tail is sometimes called an illusion. But it’s real and appears when, as on October 13-15, Earth is crossing the comet’s orbital plane. The anti-tail reveals the comet’s past path ...
2 mar 2020 · On 2008 December 19, we detected the anti-tail of Comet Lulin at a very low elevation. Two days later, we were finally able to obtain good-quality anti-tail imaging. Figure 3 shows the anti-tail lying in the sunward direction.
21 lut 2009 · Comet Lulin (21 Feb 2009) - posted in Sketching: Hi folks,Sorry its been a while since I have posted here -- been busy writing a book and teaching two undergrad astronomy courses.I just stepped out an hour ago to have another look at the comet through my 10x50 binoculars, and thought Id post a digital sketch I made of the scene. The anti-tail was the most obvious that I have seen it, with a ...
Comet Lulin image was taken by me from Langkawi National Observatory, Malaysia this morning (Jan 7, 2009) shows its bright 'tail' and 'anti-tail'. Photo details: RCOS 20", STL11000, LRGB combined, total exposure 24 minutes.
Comet Lulin (official designation C/2007 N3 (Lulin), Traditional Chinese:鹿林彗星) is a non-periodic comet. It was discovered by Ye Quanzhi and Lin Chi-Sheng from Lulin Observatory .
