Dean W. Armstrong

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Monday, May 08, 2006

Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3 passes the Ring Nebula


A fragmenting comet passed the Ring Nebula yesterday:

Animation from Horace Smith

Color image from Stefan Seip / Steffen Brückner.

Spaceweather has many images of the conjunction.

EDIT: This one by Johannes Schedler is great.

SECOND UPDATE: Even Better.
Posted by Dean W. Armstrong at 5/08/2006 04:22:00 PM
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Dean W. Armstrong has a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the geophysical sciences. My opinions are my own and do not reflect anyone or anything else's, unless they just happen to.
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