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Comets 

Comet images by Hampshire Astronomical Group 

Erratic members of the Solar system, usually of small mass. Luminous bodies, wandering through space, or circulating around the Sun, and visible only when they approach the Sun. They usually consist of three elements: nucleus, envelope, and tail. 

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Photos: 18
Latest Photo: 1st Apr 2013
Photograph: Comet Panstarrs (centre) with the Andromeda Galaxy
Photograph: Comet PanStarrs
Photograph: C/2011 L4 Panstarrs
Photograph: Comet Garradd
Photograph: C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Photograph: holmes_apab.jpg
Photograph: comet_holmes_pr_ab.jpg
Photograph: comet_holmes_mx9db.jpg
Photograph: comet_holmes_db.jpg
Photograph: comet_holmes_mr.jpg
Photograph: comet_holmes_pr_ab2.jpg
Photograph: cometswan.jpg
Photograph: comet_2002c1.jpg
Photograph: hale_bopp1.jpg
Photograph: Tuttle
Photograph: hale_bopp2.jpg
Photograph: Hale-Bopp
Photograph: Hyakutaki 1996 B2
    

 

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