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"Comet NEOWISE C/2020 f3 - a tribute."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7cEJNK9NFs

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Comet Holmes near star Mirfak (alpha Perseii).

Chris Proctor and Steve Duncan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet Holmes near star Mirfak (alpha Perseii).

Chris Proctor and Steve Duncan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


Holmes' Comet and the Andromeda Nebula on November 10, 1892.

Edward Emerson Barnard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Holmes' Comet and the Andromeda Nebula on November 10, 1892.

Edward Emerson Barnard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.


Comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) during the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020 (Argentina).

Andreas Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) during the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020 (Argentina).

Andreas Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"The M45 Pleiades Cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 Comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude."

gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/WGLwrq

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"The M45 Pleiades Cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 Comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude."

gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/WGLwrq


"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Geminid Meteor Shower from China, by Dai Jianfeng, China."

Dai Jianfeng/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Geminid Meteor Shower from China, by Dai Jianfeng, China."

Dai Jianfeng/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"Reading 'What Lit The Great Fire of Chicago: Cow or Comet?', by Graeme Donald."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJpp2TaY7U

According to this author the US Air Force studied the events on the night of Oct. 8, 1871 in order to start firestorms during WW2 (Dresden).

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"Third place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Hello Comet, shall we dance?, by Robert Barsa, Slovakia."

Robert Barsa/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Third place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Hello Comet, shall we dance?, by Robert Barsa, Slovakia."

Robert Barsa/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets. The majority of comet nuclei observed are smaller than Halley’s comet. They are typically a mile across or less."

ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Zena Levy (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets. The majority of comet nuclei observed are smaller than Halley’s comet. They are typically a mile across or less."

ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Zena Levy (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.


"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia."

Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia."

Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany."

Dieter Gutermuth/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany."

Dieter Gutermuth/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"Comet Neowise over lavender fields in Provence next to l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence" (2020).

Compo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet Neowise over lavender fields in Provence next to l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence" (2020).

Compo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


"Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on 21.9, 26.9 July, and 6.9 August 2020 UT."

Nicolas Biver, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on 21.9, 26.9 July, and 6.9 August 2020 UT."

Nicolas Biver, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner on August 17, 2018.

Massimo Magrini, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons and Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2aaEzVS

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Comet Giacobini-Zinner on August 17, 2018.

Massimo Magrini, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons and Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2aaEzVS

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"A sequence of images showing comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko moving against a background star field in the constellation Ophiuchus between March 27 and May 4, 2014." M107 in top left.

europeanspaceagency, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet Lovejoy."

theilr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pVVdCc

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"Comet Lovejoy."

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"Halley's Comet (with Venus) as photographed May 13, 1910, by a wide-angle camera at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz."

NASA/JPL/Lowell Observatory, Public domain via https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web12117-2011hjpg

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"Halley's Comet (with Venus) as photographed May 13, 1910, by a wide-angle camera at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz."

NASA/JPL/Lowell Observatory, Public domain via https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web12117-2011hjpg

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"The Moon, Venus, and Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)."

Jannis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/BXUQQ7

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"The Moon, Venus, and Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)."

Jannis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/BXUQQ7


"Comet Lovejoy in 2013 with a Geminid Meteor."

Jason Hullinger, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/ibMQCZ

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"Comet Lovejoy in 2013 with a Geminid Meteor."

Jason Hullinger, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/ibMQCZ

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"The Great Comet of 1882" by Jose Maria Velasco.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/jose-maria-velasco/gran-cometa-de-1882

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Comet C2014 Q2 on December 25, 2014.

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pzUnFT

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Comet C2014 Q2 on December 25, 2014.

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pzUnFT


"Comet" by Heorhiy Narbut (1919).

Heorhiy Narbut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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"Comet" by Heorhiy Narbut (1919).

Heorhiy Narbut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.


"Comet C2013 US10 (Catalina) passing open cluster NGC 5823 on September 7, 2015."

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/yhme5b

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"Comet C2013 US10 (Catalina) passing open cluster NGC 5823 on September 7, 2015."

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/yhme5b


"Star of the Hero" by Nicholas Roerich (1936).

https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Nicholas-Roerich/823433/Star-of-the-Hero,-1936.html

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Comet C2014Q2 Lovejoy and Globular cluster M79 on December 30, 2014.

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/qj9Z5f

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Comet C2014Q2 Lovejoy and Globular cluster M79 on December 30, 2014.

Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/qj9Z5f

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Donati's Comet in 1858 by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Joseph-Mallord-William-Turner/91229/Donatis-Comet,-1858-.html

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"Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks on July 27, 2023; J87 Observatory."

Juan lacruz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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"Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks on July27, 2023; J87 Observatory."

Juan lacruz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.


"Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) Disconnection Event."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KfJlX6yPeE

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Comet Neowise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWiogkvC6M

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"The Green Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF - time-lapse shot with Fujifilm X-T2."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cDzmJbreo

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on February 14, 2023.

Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oxH8QA

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on February 14, 2023.

Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oxH8QA


"Comet C/2022 C3 (ZTF) tail animation timelapse."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Z5uPlA3mQ

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"Comet C2022 E3 ZTF Annotated."

Makrem Larnaout, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet C2022 E3 ZTF Annotated."

Makrem Larnaout, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in early 2015.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/SkWt5a

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Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in early 2015.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/SkWt5a


Comet C/2006 VZ13 LINEAR on July 11, 2007.

Robogun, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Comet C/2006 VZ13 LINEAR on July 11, 2007.

Robogun, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.


Halley's Comet in 1986.

ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Halley's Comet in 1986.

ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.


"Comet Halley and the Milky Way on March 21, 1986."

Reinhold Haefner/ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet Halley and the Milky Way on March 21, 1986."

Reinhold Haefner/ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) on Oct 29, 2017, near the star Alpha Camelopardalis.

CajunAstro, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/FZLx6K

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Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) on Oct 29, 2017, near the star Alpha Camelopardalis.

CajunAstro, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/FZLx6K

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Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) on January 23, 2020.

Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona, CC BY-SA 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) on January 23, 2020.

Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona, CC BY-SA 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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