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by bownh
Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:32 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: halley's comet
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Re: Comet Halleys Nucleus: An Orbiting Iceberg (2010 Jan 04)

I don't understand the photo. Shouldn't the tail be on the dark side of the comet? The photo appears to be showing the comet nucleus to be illuminated from the left side, the same direction the tail extends.